Model Comparison

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 vs Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Comparing Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

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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NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

227.0B diff

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct has 227.0B more parameters than Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1, making it 89.7% larger.

NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1
253.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct
480.0Bparameters
253.0B
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1
480.0B
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

License

Usage and distribution terms

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 is licensed under Llama 3.1 Community License, while Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B 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 Ultra 253B v1

Llama 3.1 Community License

Open weights

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 was released on 2025-04-07, while Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct was released on 2025-01-31.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 is 2 months newer than Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

Apr 7, 2025

1.0 years ago

2mo newer
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Jan 31, 2025

1.2 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-01, while Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1's training data extends to 2023-12-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct's cutoff date.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

Dec 2023

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Detailed Comparison

FAQ

Common questions about Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 vs Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 (NVIDIA) and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct (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.
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 scores MATH-500: 97.0%, IFEval: 89.5%, GPQA: 76.0%, BFCL v2: 74.1%, AIME 2025: 72.5%. Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct scores TAU-bench Retail: 77.5%, SWE-Bench Verified: 69.6%, BFCL-v3: 68.7%, Aider-Polyglot: 61.8%, TAU-bench Airline: 60.0%.
Key differences include licensing (Llama 3.1 Community License vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 is developed by NVIDIA and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.