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Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct vs Qwen3 Max

Comparing Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct and Qwen3 Max across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

NVIDIA · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct and Qwen3 Max trade strengths across price, capabilities, and technical limits. The better choice depends on the workload.

Based on current benchmark, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

Choose Qwen3 Max

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Dec 2025

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
NVIDIA
Qwen3 Max
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Benchmark wins
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Input price
— / M
$0.50 / M
Output price
— / M
$5.00 / M
Context window
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256,000
Released
Oct 2024
Dec 2025
License
Llama 3.1 Community License
Proprietary

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct and Qwen3 Maxdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Arena Performance

Playground indexes and blind preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

930.0B diff

Qwen3 Max has 930.0B more parameters than Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct, making it 1328.6% larger.

NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
70.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 Max
1.0Tparameters
70.0B
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
1000.0B
Qwen3 Max

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Qwen3 Max specifies input context (256,000 tokens). Only Qwen3 Max specifies output context (131,072 tokens).

NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 Max
Input256,000 tokens
Output131,072 tokens
Mon Aug 24 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct is licensed under Llama 3.1 Community License, while Qwen3 Max uses a proprietary license.

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

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Llama 3.1 Community License

Open weights

Qwen3 Max

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct was released on 2024-10-01, while Qwen3 Max was released on 2025-12-15.

Qwen3 Max is 15 months newer than Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Oct 1, 2024

1.9 years ago

Qwen3 Max

Dec 15, 2025

8 months ago

1.2yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-01, while Qwen3 Max'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 Qwen3 Max's cutoff date.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Dec 2023

Qwen3 Max

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Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct and Qwen3 Max side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
✓ Preferred
Qwen3 Max
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FAQ

Common questions about Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct vs Qwen3 Max.

Which is better, Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct or Qwen3 Max?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct (NVIDIA) and Qwen3 Max (Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.

How does Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct compare to Qwen3 Max in benchmarks?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct scores GSM8k: 91.4%, HellaSwag: 85.6%, Winogrande: 84.5%, GSM8K Chat: 81.9%, MMLU Chat: 80.6%. Qwen3 Max scores AIME 2025: 81.6%, t2-bench: 74.8%, SWE-Bench Verified: 69.6%, LiveCodeBench v6: 69.0%, SuperGPQA: 65.1%.

What are the context window sizes for Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct and Qwen3 Max?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens and Qwen3 Max supports 256K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct and Qwen3 Max?

Key differences include licensing (Llama 3.1 Community License vs Proprietary). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct and Qwen3 Max?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct is developed by NVIDIA and Qwen3 Max is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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