Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
. 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
Qwen3-Next 80B Base was introduced as an experimental base model with 80 billion total parameters and 3 billion active parameters. Built to explore advanced mixture-of-experts architectures, it provides a foundation for fine-tuning and research into efficient large-scale model design.
5 months newer

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
NVIDIA
2025-03-18

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-09-10
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
2023-12-31
Available providers and their performance metrics

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base