Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 leads with 1.1% higher average benchmark score. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B was created as a compact variant optimized by NVIDIA, designed to bring Llama 3.1 capabilities to more efficient deployments. Built with NVIDIA's efficiency optimizations, it serves applications requiring strong performance with reduced resource requirements.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen 2.5 Coder 7B was created as an efficient coding-specialized model, designed to bring strong programming capabilities to resource-conscious deployments. Built with 7 billion parameters optimized for code understanding and generation, it provides developers with a lightweight option for code-related tasks.
6 months newer

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-09-19

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
NVIDIA
2025-03-18
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
2023-12-31
Available providers and their performance metrics

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct