NvidiaReleased on Apr 7, 2025

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1: API Pricing, Context Window & Benchmarks

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 is a language model from Nvidia, released in April 2025.

A 253B parameter derivative of Meta Llama 3.1 405B Instruct, developed by NVIDIA using Neural Architecture Search (NAS) and vertical compression. It underwent multi-phase post-training (SFT for Math, Code, Reasoning, Chat, Tool Calling; RL

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 benchmarks

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Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 Performance Across Datasets

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Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 model size

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 has 253 billion parameters. See how it compares to other models in the same parameter range.

Parameters
253B
Frontier (200B+)
253B
1B7B70B405B

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 API

API availability not verified

API availability for Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 has not been verified. It is not currently routed through the LLM Stats gateway.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 latency

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 time to first token, sustained output throughput, and failed-request rate from live API traffic over the trailing 7 days.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 examples

Recent arena outputs from Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1, picked from the highest-ranked matchups.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 license

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 is released under the Llama 3.1 Community License license, which restricts commercial use, has 253.0B parameters, has a knowledge cutoff of December 2023.

License
Llama 3.1 Community License
Non-commercial
Parameters
253.0B
Knowledge cutoff
December 2023

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 resources

Official sources for Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1: official playground, paper or system card, official launch post, model weights.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 vs other models

The most-compared alternatives to Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 are Kimi K2 0905, Nemotron Nano 9B v2, LongCat-Flash-Chat. Open any pair side-by-side for benchmarks, pricing, context, and latency.

Models like Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

Models ranked just above and below Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 by LLM Stats score.

 

Kimi K2 0905

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Nemotron Nano 9B v2

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LongCat-Flash-Chat

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Nova Lite

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Claude Sonnet 4

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Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05

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FAQ

Common questions about Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1.

When was Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 released?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 was released on April 7, 2025 by Nvidia. This is the official Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 release date tracked on LLM Stats.

How big is Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 has 253 billion parameters. It ships as an open-weight model, so you can download and run it on your own hardware.

Who created Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 was created by Nvidia.

What is the license for Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 is released under the Llama 3.1 Community License license. This is an open-source / open-weight license that permits self-hosting.

What is the knowledge cutoff date for Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 has a knowledge cutoff of December 2023, meaning it was trained on data up to that point and may not know about events after it.

Where is the Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 paper or technical report?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 has a paper or technical report available at https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.00203. Use that source for architecture, training, release and evaluation details.

What models should I compare Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 against?

Common Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 comparisons include Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 vs Kimi K2 0905, Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 vs Nemotron Nano 9B v2, Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 vs LongCat-Flash-Chat. Compare them side by side for benchmark scores, pricing, context window, latency and API availability.