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Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 vs Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 and Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct are closely matched at 13.1 and 13.9 on the LLM Stats Score.

NVIDIA · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 and Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 13.1 and 13.9.

In the 1 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B 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-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1

  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 1 of 1 exact shared results

Choose Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2025

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1
NVIDIA
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
13.1
#249
13.9
#243
Reasoning
13.2
#242
11.2
#260
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
1 of 1
0 of 1
Input price
— / M
$0.08 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.50 / M
Context window
—
131,072

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct
Math
11.7#237
11.9#235
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

7 reported for Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 · 46 for Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

1 shared

Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 outperforms in 1 benchmarks (AIME 2025), while Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Tue Sep 22 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

40.9B diff

Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 has 40.9B more parameters than Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct, making it 454.4% larger.

NVIDIA
Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1
49.9Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct
9.0Bparameters
49.9B
Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1
9.0B
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct specifies input context (131,072 tokens). Only Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct specifies output context (32,768 tokens).

NVIDIA
Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct
Input131,072 tokens
Output32,768 tokens
Tue Sep 22 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 does not.

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 is licensed under Llama 3.1 Community License, while Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

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

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 was released on 2025-03-18, while Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct was released on 2025-09-22.

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct is 6 months newer than Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1.

Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1

Mar 18, 2025

1.5 years ago

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

Sep 22, 2025

1.0 years ago

6mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-31, while Qwen3 VL 8B 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 Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct's cutoff date.

Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1

Dec 2023

Qwen3 VL 8B 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 Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1
✓ Preferred
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 vs Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct.

Which is better, Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 or Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?

Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 and Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at 13.1 and 13.9. Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 is made by NVIDIA and Qwen3 VL 8B 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-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 compare to Qwen3 VL 8B 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%. Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct scores DocVQAtest: 96.1%, ScreenSpot: 94.4%, OCRBench: 89.6%, AI2D: 85.7%, MMBench-V1.1: 85.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 and Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?

Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 supports an unknown number of tokens and Qwen3 VL 8B 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 Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (13.1 vs 13.9), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (Llama 3.1 Community License vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 and Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?

Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 is developed by NVIDIA and Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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