Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
. 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
Qwen3-Next 80B Thinking was created as a reasoning-enhanced variant, designed to incorporate extended analytical capabilities into the Qwen3-Next architecture. Built to handle complex problem-solving with mixture-of-experts efficiency, it serves applications requiring both deep reasoning and computational practicality.
11 months newer

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
NVIDIA
2024-10-01

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-09-10
Context window and performance specifications
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
2023-12-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
Novita

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking