Dolphin 2.9.1 Llama 3 70B vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron Safety Guard 8B v3
Side-by-side comparison of VRAM requirements, quantization, context length, and hardware compatibility.
Specifications
| Dolphin 2.9.1 Llama 3 70B | Llama 3.1 Nemotron Safety Guard 8B v3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 70.6B | 8.0B |
| Context | 8K | 131K |
| Architecture | LlamaForCausalLM | LlamaForCausalLM |
| License | Llama 3 Community | Other |
| Downloads | 9.0K | 1.7K |
| Released | Jun 2024 | Oct 2025 |
VRAM by Quantization: Dolphin 2.9.1 Llama 3 70B vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron Safety Guard 8B v3
| Quantization | Bits | Dolphin 2.9.1 Llama 3 70B VRAM | Llama 3.1 Nemotron Safety Guard 8B v3 VRAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| BF16 | 16.00 | 142.1 GB | 16.6 GB |
Verdict
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Safety Guard 8B v3 needs less VRAM at BF16 (16.6 GB vs 142.1 GB), so it fits on smaller GPUs. Llama 3.1 Nemotron Safety Guard 8B v3 supports a longer context window (131K tokens). Dolphin 2.9.1 Llama 3 70B is the more widely downloaded of the two.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Which needs less VRAM, Dolphin 2.9.1 Llama 3 70B or Llama 3.1 Nemotron Safety Guard 8B v3?
At BF16, Dolphin 2.9.1 Llama 3 70B needs 142.1 GB and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Safety Guard 8B v3 needs 16.6 GB, so Llama 3.1 Nemotron Safety Guard 8B v3 is the lighter option to run locally.
- Which has a longer context window, Dolphin 2.9.1 Llama 3 70B or Llama 3.1 Nemotron Safety Guard 8B v3?
Dolphin 2.9.1 Llama 3 70B supports 8,192 tokens and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Safety Guard 8B v3 supports 131,072 tokens.
- What is the difference between Dolphin 2.9.1 Llama 3 70B and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Safety Guard 8B v3?
Dolphin 2.9.1 Llama 3 70B is a 70.6B model from dphn (Llama 3 family), while Llama 3.1 Nemotron Safety Guard 8B v3 is a 8.0B model from NVIDIA (Llama 3 family). Compare their VRAM requirements above to see which fits your GPU or Mac.