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Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct vs GPT-5 Codex

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens

GPT-5 Codex wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision
Price Advantage
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5 Codex
Context Window
GPT-5 Codex
Speed
GPT-5 Codex

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70B InstructGPT-5 CodexWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$1.20$1.25 Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
Output (per 1M tokens)$1.20$10.00 Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
Cache Read (per 1M)N/A$125000.00 GPT-5 Codex
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct is 65% cheaper overall.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct Providers

DeepInfra $1.20 (Cheapest)

GPT-5 Codex Providers

OpenAI $1.25 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct Wins
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GPT-5 Codex Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70B InstructGPT-5 CodexWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
13.444.5
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
10.838.9
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
11.098.7
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
69.086.5
GPQA
Graduate-level science
46.583.7
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
16.984.0
Aider
Real-world code editing
54.9--
AIME
Competition math
24.7--
GPT-5 Codex significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
131,072
tokens
Max output: 16,384 tokens
GPT-5 Codex
400,000
tokens
Max output: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5 Codex has a 67% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70B InstructGPT-5 CodexWinner
Tokens/second31.3 tok/s314.7 tok/s
Time to First Token0.37s10.95s
GPT-5 Codex responds 906% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70B InstructGPT-5 Codex
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70B InstructGPT-5 Codex
LicenseOpen SourceProprietary
AuthorNvidiaOpenAI
ReleasedOct 2024Sep 2025

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct Modalities

Input
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Output
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GPT-5 Codex Modalities

Input
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Output
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Frequently Asked Questions

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct has cheaper input pricing at $1.20/M tokens. Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $1.20/M tokens.
GPT-5 Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 38.9, compared to Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct's score of 10.8.
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct has a 131,072 token context window, while GPT-5 Codex has a 400,000 token context window.
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct does not support vision. GPT-5 Codex supports vision.