Model Comparison
Nemotron Nano 9B v2 vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
Nemotron Nano 9B v2 outperforms in 1 benchmarks (IFEval), while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking is better at 2 benchmarks (AIME 2025, GPQA).
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking has 71.1B more parameters than Nemotron Nano 9B v2, making it 798.9% larger.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking specifies input context (65,536 tokens). Only Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking specifies output context (65,536 tokens).
License
Usage and distribution terms
Nemotron Nano 9B v2 is licensed under NVIDIA Open Model License Agreement , while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking uses Apache 2.0.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
NVIDIA Open Model License Agreement
Open weights
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Nemotron Nano 9B v2 was released on 2025-08-18, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking was released on 2025-09-10.
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking is 1 month newer than Nemotron Nano 9B v2.
Aug 18, 2025
8 months ago
Sep 10, 2025
8 months ago
3w newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Nemotron Nano 9B v2 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-09-01, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking'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 Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking's cutoff date.
Sep 2024
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Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
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Detailed Comparison
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FAQ
Common questions about Nemotron Nano 9B v2 vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking.