DeepSeek-V2.5 vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct Comparison

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

3 benchmarks

DeepSeek-V2.5 outperforms in 3 benchmarks (GSM8k, MMLU, MT-Bench), while Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

DeepSeek-V2.5 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V2.5
Input tokens$0.14
Output tokens$0.28
Best providerDeepSeek
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

166.0B diff

DeepSeek-V2.5 has 166.0B more parameters than Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct, making it 237.1% larger.

DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V2.5
236.0Bparameters
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
70.0Bparameters
236.0B
DeepSeek-V2.5
70.0B
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only DeepSeek-V2.5 specifies input context (8,192 tokens). Only DeepSeek-V2.5 specifies output context (8,192 tokens).

DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V2.5
Input8,192 tokens
Output8,192 tokens
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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License

Usage and distribution terms

DeepSeek-V2.5 is licensed under deepseek, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct uses Llama 3.1 Community License.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

DeepSeek-V2.5

deepseek

Open weights

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Llama 3.1 Community License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

DeepSeek-V2.5 was released on 2024-05-08, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct was released on 2024-10-01.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct is 5 months newer than DeepSeek-V2.5.

DeepSeek-V2.5

May 8, 2024

1.9 years ago

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Oct 1, 2024

1.5 years ago

4mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-01, while DeepSeek-V2.5's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct's training data extends to 2023-12-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without DeepSeek-V2.5's cutoff date.

DeepSeek-V2.5

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Dec 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Larger context window (8,192 tokens)
Higher GSM8k score (95.1% vs 91.4%)
Higher MMLU score (80.4% vs 80.2%)
Higher MT-Bench score (90.2% vs 9.0%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V2.5
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct