Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 vs Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct are closely matched at 4.8 and 2.5 on the LLM Stats Score.
NVIDIA · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 4.8 and 2.5.
In the 4 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 wins 3; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.
Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.
Choose Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
- you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 3 of 4 exact shared results
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Mar 2025
Choose Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
- you want predictable pricing at $0.30/M input and $0.30/M output
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Capability indexes
Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks
Individual benchmarks
7 reported for Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 · 14 for Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 outperforms in 3 benchmarks (GPQA, IFEval, MBPP), while Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is better at 1 benchmark (MT-Bench).
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.
Human preference
Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 has 0.4B more parameters than Qwen2.5 7B Instruct, making it 5.1% larger.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only Qwen2.5 7B Instruct specifies input context (131,072 tokens). Only Qwen2.5 7B Instruct specifies output context (8,192 tokens).
License
Usage and distribution terms
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 is licensed under Llama 3.1 Community License, while Qwen2.5 7B 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 Nano 8B V1 was released on 2025-03-18, while Qwen2.5 7B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19.
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 is 6 months newer than Qwen2.5 7B Instruct.
Mar 18, 2025
1.5 years ago
6mo newerSep 19, 2024
2.0 years ago
Knowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-31, while Qwen2.5 7B Instruct's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1's training data extends to 2023-12-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen2.5 7B Instruct's cutoff date.
Dec 2023
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Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 vs Qwen2.5 7B Instruct.