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Llama 3.1 70B Instruct vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

This page is context-first: how much text each model can take in one request. Full specs adds capabilities and limits; the pricing matrix below is only about $/million tokens from hosts that list both models.

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Model

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

Tool calling

Context window

131K

131,072 tokens · ~98K words

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Nvidia

Model

Nemotron 3 Ultra

Tool calling

Context window

1M

1,000,000 tokens · ~750K words

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Context window · side by side

Bar length is relative to the larger of the two windows (100% = max of this pair). This is not pricing.

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct131K
Nemotron 3 Ultra1M

Nemotron 3 Ultra has about 7.6× the context window of the other in this pair.

Nemotron 3 Ultra has 662% more context capacity (1000K vs 131K tokens).

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • Long document processing

    Use Nemotron 3 Ultra. Its 1000K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 131K).

Full specs

Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.

SpecLlama 3.1 70B InstructNemotron 3 Ultra
Context window131,072 tokens (131K)1,000,000 tokens (1000K)
Max output tokensN/A16,384 tokens (16K)
Speed tierDeepBalanced
VisionNoNo
Function callingYesYes
Extended thinkingNoYes
Prompt cachingNoYes
Batch APINoNo
Release dateJul 2024Jun 2026

Frequently asked questions

Nemotron 3 Ultra has a larger context window: 1000K tokens vs 131K. For long documents, large codebases, or extended agent sessions, the larger context window reduces the need to chunk inputs or summarize history.

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