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Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) vs Qwen3 32B

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) leads the LLM Stats Score 29.9 to 18.2.

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 18.2, 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 Qwen3 32B

  • you want predictable pricing at $0.08/M input and $0.28/M output

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)
NVIDIA
Qwen3 32B
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
29.9
#142
18.2
#235
Reasoning
29.2
#143
18.4
#230
Coding
14.8
#151
8.8
#198
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
— / M
$0.08 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.28 / M
Context window
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40,960

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)
Qwen3 32B
Math
23.6#135
21.2#158
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

10 reported for Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) · 9 for Qwen3 32B

No common benchmarks found

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) and Qwen3 32Bdon'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

41.2B diff

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) has 41.2B more parameters than Qwen3 32B, making it 125.6% larger.

NVIDIA
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)
74.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 32B
32.8Bparameters
74.0B
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)
32.8B
Qwen3 32B

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Qwen3 32B specifies input context (40,960 tokens). Only Qwen3 32B specifies output context (40,960 tokens).

NVIDIA
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 32B
Input40,960 tokens
Output40,960 tokens
Mon Oct 19 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3 32B does not.

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3 32B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) is licensed under OpenMDW License v1.1, while Qwen3 32B uses Apache 2.0.

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

Qwen3 32B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) was released on 2026-10-15, while Qwen3 32B was released on 2025-04-29.

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) is 18 months newer than Qwen3 32B.

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)

Oct 15, 2026

4 days ago

1.5yr newer
Qwen3 32B

Apr 29, 2025

1.5 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2026-05-01, while Qwen3 32B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)'s training data extends to 2026-05-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen3 32B's cutoff date.

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)

May 2026

Qwen3 32B

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Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) and Qwen3 32B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)
✓ Preferred
Qwen3 32B
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FAQ

Common questions about Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) vs Qwen3 32B.

Which is better, Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) or Qwen3 32B?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) leads the LLM Stats Score 29.9 to 18.2. Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) is made by NVIDIA and Qwen3 32B 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 Qwen3 32B 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%. Qwen3 32B scores Arena Hard: 93.8%, AIME 2024: 81.4%, LiveBench: 74.9%, MultiLF: 73.0%, AIME 2025: 72.9%.

What are the context window sizes for Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) and Qwen3 32B?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) supports an unknown number of tokens and Qwen3 32B supports 41K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) and Qwen3 32B?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (29.9 vs 18.2), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (OpenMDW License v1.1 vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) and Qwen3 32B?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) is developed by NVIDIA and Qwen3 32B is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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