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Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 vs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

NVIDIA · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 outperforms in 3 benchmarks (Arena Hard, GPQA, MBPP), while Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is better at 1 benchmark (MT-Bench). Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

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

Choose Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1

  • you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 3 of 4 shared benchmarks
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Mar 2025

Choose Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

  • you want predictable pricing at $0.35/M input and $0.40/M output

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1
NVIDIA
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Benchmark wins
3 of 4
1 of 4
Input price
— / M
$0.35 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.40 / M
Context window
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131,072
Released
Mar 2025
Sep 2024
License
Llama 3.1 Community License
Qwen

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

4 benchmarks

Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 outperforms in 3 benchmarks (Arena Hard, GPQA, MBPP), while Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is better at 1 benchmark (MT-Bench).

Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

Wed Aug 26 2026 • llm-stats.com

Arena Performance

Playground indexes and blind preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

22.8B diff

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct has 22.8B more parameters than Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1, making it 45.7% larger.

NVIDIA
Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1
49.9Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
72.7Bparameters
49.9B
Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1
72.7B
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct specifies input context (131,072 tokens). Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct specifies output context (8,192 tokens).

NVIDIA
Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Input131,072 tokens
Output8,192 tokens
Wed Aug 26 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 is licensed under Llama 3.1 Community License, while Qwen2.5 72B Instruct uses Qwen.

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

Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1

Llama 3.1 Community License

Open weights

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Qwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 was released on 2025-03-18, while Qwen2.5 72B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19.

Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 is 6 months newer than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct.

Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1

Mar 18, 2025

1.4 years ago

6mo newer
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Sep 19, 2024

1.9 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-31, while Qwen2.5 72B Instruct's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1's training data extends to 2023-12-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen2.5 72B Instruct's cutoff date.

Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1

Dec 2023

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

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Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1
✓ Preferred
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 vs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct.

Which is better, Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 or Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?

Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks. Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 is made by NVIDIA and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.

How does Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 compare to Qwen2.5 72B Instruct in benchmarks?

Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 scores MATH-500: 96.6%, MT-Bench: 91.7%, MBPP: 91.3%, Arena Hard: 88.3%, BFCL v2: 73.7%. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct scores GSM8k: 95.8%, MT-Bench: 93.5%, MBPP: 88.2%, MMLU-Redux: 86.8%, HumanEval: 86.6%.

What are the context window sizes for Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?

Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 supports an unknown number of tokens and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct supports 131K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?

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

Who makes Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?

Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 is developed by NVIDIA and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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