Battle of the Models

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Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B

A-TIER

NVIDIA NIM

Intelligence Score 85/100
Model Popularity 0 votes
Context Window 1M Context
Pricing Model Free / Open
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Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free)

DEPRECATED

OpenRouter

This model is no longer active/free — kept for reference.

Intelligence Score 94/100
Context Window 128k
Pricing Model Free / Open
Model Popularity 0 votes
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FINAL VERDICT

Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) Wins

With an intelligence score of 94/100 vs 85/100, Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) outperforms Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B by 9 points.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Detailed Comparison

Feature
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B
Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free)
Context Window
1M Context 128k
Architecture
Transformer Transformer (Open Weight)
Est. MMLU Score
~80-84% ~88-91%
Release Date
2024 Dec 2024
Pricing Model
Free Tier Free Tier
Rate Limit (RPM)
40 requests/minute 20 requests/minute
Daily Limit
- 50 requests/day (up to 1000 with $10 topup)
Capabilities
No specific data
No specific data
Performance Tier
A-Tier (Excellent) S-Tier (Elite)
Speed Estimate
Medium ⚡ Fast
Primary Use Case
General Purpose General Purpose
Model Size
30B 70B
Limitations
  • Phone number verification required
  • Free credits are limited
  • Rate limits on free tier
  • Limits depend on account history/topup
  • Community key models
  • Free models have lower priority during peak demand
Key Strengths
  • High performance models
  • Unified API for 100+ models from all providers
  • OpenAI-compatible endpoint (drop-in replacement)
  • Automatic model fallback and routing

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