Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 leads with 5.1% higher average benchmark score. Qwen3 235B A22B is available on 4 providers. Overall, Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B was developed as NVIDIA's largest Nemotron variant, designed to provide maximum capability through extensive customization of large-scale foundations. Built with 253 billion parameters and NVIDIA's specialized training, it represents the flagship offering in the Nemotron family.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 235B was developed as a large-scale model with 235 billion total parameters using a mixture-of-experts architecture activating 22 billion parameters. Built to provide frontier capabilities with computational efficiency through sparse activation, it represents Qwen's advancement into very large-scale model development.
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Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1
NVIDIA
2025-04-07

Qwen3 235B A22B
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-04-29
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

Qwen3 235B A22B
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1
2023-12-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

Qwen3 235B A22B
DeepInfra

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

Qwen3 235B A22B

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

Qwen3 235B A22B
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