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Meta Llama3 1 405b Instruct vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (free)

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.

Meta

Model

Meta Llama3 1 405b Instruct

Tool calling

Context window

128K

128,000 tokens · ~96K words

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Nvidia

Model

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (free)

Tool calling

Context window

256K

256,000 tokens · ~192K words

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

Meta Llama3 1 405b Instruct128K
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (free)256K

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (free) has about 2× the context window of the other in this pair.

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Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (free) has 100% more context capacity (256K vs 128K tokens).

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • Long document processing

    Use Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (free). Its 256K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 128K).

Full specs

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

SpecMeta Llama3 1 405b InstructNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (free)
Context window128,000 tokens (128K)256,000 tokens (256K)
Max output tokens4,096 tokens (4K)N/A
Speed tierDeepFast
VisionNoNo
Function callingYesYes
Extended thinkingNoYes
Prompt cachingNoNo
Batch APINoNo
Release dateN/ADec 2025

Pricing matrix

Dollar rates only: hosts that list both models, per 1M tokens. For how much text fits, use the context section above — not this table.

ProviderMeta Llama3 1 405b Instruct inMeta Llama3 1 405b Instruct outNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (free) inNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (free) out
Aws Bedrock$5.32/M$16.00/M——

Frequently asked questions

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (free) has a larger context window: 256K tokens vs 128K. 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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