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Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 vs Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 leads the LLM Stats Score 4.8 to -3.2.

NVIDIA · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 4.8 to -3.2, ranking #300 overall.

In the 1 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 wins 1; 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

  • overall performance matters — it scores 4.8 and ranks #300 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 1 of 1 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Mar 2025

Choose Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

  • you are already invested in the Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
NVIDIA
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
4.8
#300
-3.2
#343
Reasoning
5.3
#295
-3.2
#335
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
1 of 1
0 of 1
Input price
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Output price
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
Math
8.8#257
-2.4#310
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

7 reported for Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 · 19 for Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

1 shared

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 outperforms in 1 benchmarks (MBPP), while Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Sun Sep 20 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

1.0B diff

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 has 1.0B more parameters than Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct, making it 14.3% larger.

NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
8.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
7.0Bparameters
8.0B
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
7.0B
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

License

Usage and distribution terms

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 is licensed under Llama 3.1 Community License, while Qwen2.5-Coder 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 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Llama 3.1 Community License

Open weights

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

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-Coder 7B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 is 6 months newer than Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Mar 18, 2025

1.5 years ago

6mo newer
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

Sep 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-Coder 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-Coder 7B Instruct's cutoff date.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Dec 2023

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

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Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 and Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
✓ Preferred
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FAQ

Common questions about Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 vs Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct.

Which is better, Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 or Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 leads the LLM Stats Score 4.8 to -3.2. Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 is made by NVIDIA and Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 compare to Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct in benchmarks?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 scores MATH-500: 95.4%, MBPP: 84.6%, MT-Bench: 81.0%, IFEval: 79.3%, BFCL v2: 63.6%. Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct scores HumanEval: 88.4%, GSM8k: 83.9%, MBPP: 83.5%, HellaSwag: 76.8%, Winogrande: 72.9%.

What are the main differences between Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 and Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (4.8 vs -3.2), licensing (Llama 3.1 Community License vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 and Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 is developed by NVIDIA and Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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