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Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) vs Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) leads the LLM Stats Score 29.9 to 14.0.

NVIDIA · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) leads the overall LLM Stats Score 29.9 to 14.0, ranking #142 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)

  • overall performance matters — it scores 29.9 and ranks #142 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

Choose Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

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

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Core performance indexes
29.9
#142
14.0
#261
29.2
#143
11.3
#276
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Individual benchmarks

10 reported for Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) · 15 for Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

No common benchmarks found

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instructdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

600.0M diff

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) has 0.6B more parameters than Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct, making it 0.8% larger.

NVIDIA
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)
74.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
73.4Bparameters
74.0B
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)
73.4B
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Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)

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Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

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License

Usage and distribution terms

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) is licensed under OpenMDW License v1.1, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct uses tongyi-qianwen.

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

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)

OpenMDW License v1.1

Open weights

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

tongyi-qianwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) was released on 2026-10-15, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct was released on 2024-08-29.

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) is 26 months newer than Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct.

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)

Oct 15, 2026

4 days ago

2.1yr newer
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Aug 29, 2024

2.1 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) has a knowledge cutoff of 2026-05-01, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct has a cutoff of 2023-06-30.

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) has more recent training data (up to 2026-05-01), making it potentially better informed about events through that date compared to Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct (2023-06-30).

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)

May 2026

2.9 yr newer
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Jun 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

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FAQ

Common questions about Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) vs Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct.

Which is better, Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) or Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) leads the LLM Stats Score 29.9 to 14.0. Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) is made by NVIDIA and Qwen2-VL-72B-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 Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) compare to Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct in benchmarks?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) scores PinchBench: 87.8%, GPQA: 86.4%, BrowseComp: 66.8%, AA-LCR: 64.1%, MCP Atlas: 52.2%. Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct scores DocVQAtest: 96.5%, VCR_en_easy: 91.9%, ChartQA: 88.3%, OCRBench: 87.7%, MMBench: 86.5%.

What are the main differences between Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (29.9 vs 14.0), licensing (OpenMDW License v1.1 vs tongyi-qianwen). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) is developed by NVIDIA and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.