Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking leads with 5.3% higher average benchmark score. Overall, Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking 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-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 Ultra 253B v1
NVIDIA
2025-04-07

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 Ultra 253B v1

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1
2023-12-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
Novita

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking