Model Comparison

Nemotron Nano 9B v2 vs Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

Nemotron Nano 9B v2 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Nemotron Nano 9B v2 outperforms in 1 benchmarks (LiveCodeBench), while Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

Nemotron Nano 9B v2 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

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NVIDIA
Nemotron Nano 9B v2
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

1.9B diff

Nemotron Nano 9B v2 has 1.9B more parameters than Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct, making it 27.1% larger.

NVIDIA
Nemotron Nano 9B v2
8.9Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
7.0Bparameters
8.9B
Nemotron Nano 9B v2
7.0B
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

License

Usage and distribution terms

Nemotron Nano 9B v2 is licensed under NVIDIA Open Model License Agreement , while Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

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

Nemotron Nano 9B v2

NVIDIA Open Model License Agreement

Open weights

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Nemotron Nano 9B v2 was released on 2025-08-18, while Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19.

Nemotron Nano 9B v2 is 11 months newer than Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct.

Nemotron Nano 9B v2

Aug 18, 2025

8 months ago

11mo newer
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

Sep 19, 2024

1.6 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Nemotron Nano 9B v2 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-09-01, while Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Nemotron Nano 9B v2's training data extends to 2024-09-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct's cutoff date.

Nemotron Nano 9B v2

Sep 2024

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Higher LiveCodeBench score (71.1% vs 18.2%)
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
NVIDIA
Nemotron Nano 9B v2
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Nemotron Nano 9B v2 vs Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

Nemotron Nano 9B v2 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Nemotron Nano 9B v2 is made by NVIDIA and Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Nemotron Nano 9B v2 scores MATH-500: 97.8%, IFEval: 90.3%, AIME 2025: 72.1%, LiveCodeBench: 71.1%, BFCL_v3_MultiTurn: 66.9%. Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct scores HumanEval: 88.4%, GSM8k: 83.9%, MBPP: 83.5%, HellaSwag: 76.8%, Winogrande: 72.9%.
Key differences include licensing (NVIDIA Open Model License Agreement vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Nemotron Nano 9B v2 is developed by NVIDIA and Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.