Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Both models show comparable benchmark performance. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B was developed by NVIDIA through customization of Meta's Llama 3.1 70B, designed to enhance performance for specific use cases and deployments. Built with NVIDIA's optimizations and fine-tuning expertise, it demonstrates how foundation models can be adapted for specialized applications.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 72B was developed as the flagship model in the Qwen2 generation, designed to provide advanced language understanding with 72 billion parameters. Built to deliver strong performance across diverse tasks, it represented a significant advancement in Qwen's model capabilities when introduced.
2 months newer

Qwen2 72B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-07-23

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
NVIDIA
2024-10-01
Average performance across 6 common benchmarks

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Qwen2 72B Instruct
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
2023-12-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Qwen2 72B Instruct

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Qwen2 72B Instruct