Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads the LLM Stats Score 7.7 to 0.4.
NVIDIA · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads the overall LLM Stats Score 7.7 to 0.4, ranking #290 overall.
The models split the 6 individual benchmarks reported for both models evenly.
Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.
Choose Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2024
Choose Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
- overall performance matters — it scores 7.7 and ranks #290 on LLM Stats
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Capability indexes
Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks
Individual benchmarks
11 reported for Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct · 18 for Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct outperforms in 3 benchmarks (HellaSwag, TruthfulQA, Winogrande), while Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is better at 3 benchmarks (ARC-C, GSM8k, MMLU).
Both models are evenly matched across the benchmarks.
Human preference
Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct has 37.5B more parameters than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct, making it 115.4% larger.
License
Usage and distribution terms
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct is licensed under Llama 3.1 Community License, while Qwen2.5 32B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
Llama 3.1 Community License
Open weights
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct was released on 2024-10-01, while Qwen2.5 32B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19.
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct is 0 month newer than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct.
Oct 1, 2024
2.0 years ago
1w newerSep 19, 2024
2.0 years ago
Knowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-01, while Qwen2.5 32B Instruct'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 Qwen2.5 32B Instruct's cutoff date.
Dec 2023
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Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct.