Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 leads with 14.4% higher average benchmark score. Overall, Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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
Qwen2 7B was created as an efficient variant in the Qwen2 family, designed to provide capable instruction-following with 7 billion parameters. Built to serve as a practical foundation for applications requiring reliable language understanding, it balances performance with deployment efficiency.
7 months newer

Qwen2 7B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-07-23

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
NVIDIA
2025-03-18
Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Qwen2 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 7B Instruct

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Qwen2 7B Instruct