Model Comparison
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 vs Qwen3 VL 30B A3B InstructWhich is better in 2026?
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Verdict: Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 vs Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct — which is better?
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 (by NVIDIA) and Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct (by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team) are two of the AI models people compare most. Here is how they stack up on benchmarks, price and capabilities, and which one to pick in 2026.
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 outperforms in 3 benchmarks (AIME 2025, GPQA, IFEval), while Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks. Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Choose Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 if…
- you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 3 of 3 shared benchmarks
Choose Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct if…
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2025
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 outperforms in 3 benchmarks (AIME 2025, GPQA, IFEval), while Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 has 222.0B more parameters than Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct, making it 716.1% larger.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct specifies input context (131,072 tokens). Only Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct specifies output context (32,768 tokens).
Input Capabilities
Supported data types and modalities
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 does not.
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct
License
Usage and distribution terms
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 is licensed under Llama 3.1 Community License, while Qwen3 VL 30B A3B 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 Ultra 253B v1 was released on 2025-04-07, while Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct was released on 2025-09-22.
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct is 6 months newer than Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1.
Apr 7, 2025
1.3 years ago
Sep 22, 2025
10 months ago
5mo newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-01, while Qwen3 VL 30B A3B 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 VL 30B A3B Instruct's cutoff date.
Dec 2023
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Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct
View detailsAlibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Detailed Comparison
Interactive Arena
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 and Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
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FAQ
Common questions about Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 vs Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct.
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