Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking leads with 24.5% higher average benchmark score. Overall, Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking 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
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.
5 months newer

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

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-09-10
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
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-Thinking
Novita

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking