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Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) vs Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) leads the LLM Stats Score 29.6 to 13.4.

NVIDIA · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) leads the overall LLM Stats Score 29.6 to 13.4, ranking #146 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 29.6 and ranks #146 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 VL 8B Instruct

  • you want predictable pricing at $0.08/M input and $0.50/M output

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)
NVIDIA
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
29.6
#146
13.4
#266
Reasoning
28.9
#146
10.8
#282
Agents
11.9
#127
7.0
#161
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
— / M
$0.08 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.50 / M
Context window
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131,072

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct
Math
23.4#140
11.9#249
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

10 reported for Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) · 46 for Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

No common benchmarks found

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) and Qwen3 VL 8B 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

65.0B diff

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) has 65.0B more parameters than Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct, making it 722.2% larger.

NVIDIA
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)
74.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct
9.0Bparameters
74.0B
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)
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
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct
Input131,072 tokens
Output32,768 tokens
Fri Oct 23 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) and Qwen3 VL 8B 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)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

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 VL 8B Instruct 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 VL 8B Instruct

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 VL 8B Instruct was released on 2025-09-22.

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) is 13 months newer than Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct.

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)

Oct 15, 2026

5 days ago

1.1yr newer
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

Sep 22, 2025

1.1 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 VL 8B Instruct'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 VL 8B Instruct's cutoff date.

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)

May 2026

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

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Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) and Qwen3 VL 8B 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 Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct.

Which is better, Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) or Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) leads the LLM Stats Score 29.6 to 13.4. Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) 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 Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) compare to Qwen3 VL 8B 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%. 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 Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) and Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) 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 Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) and Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (29.6 vs 13.4), 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 VL 8B Instruct?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) is developed by NVIDIA and Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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