Model comparison
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 vs Qwen Plus
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 and Qwen Plus score almost the same on the Noometry Index (36.7 vs 37.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIA
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen Plus in 4 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 leads 37.5 to 23.3.
- Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 | Qwen Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 36.7 | 37.1 |
| Released | — | 2024-01-25 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 11 | 20 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 38.4 (#177), Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1312 | 1328 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 15.7 (#149), Qwen Plus: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 10% | — |
Reasoning Qwen Plus leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 26.3 (#134), Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1316 | 1317 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 63.3% |
| DTBench | — | 81.1% |
| LMCA | — | 24% |
Math Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 37.5 (#152), Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1360 | 1326 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 17.8% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 65.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: —, Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 48.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1328 |
Multilingual Qwen Plus leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 43.1 (#187), Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1282 | 1310 |
| LMArena Russian | 1284 | 1323 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1347 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1251 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 69.0 (#178), Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1308 | 1303 |
Long Context Too close to call
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 39.5 (#177), Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1299 | 1324 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 52.2 (#175), Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1320 | 1326 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1314 | 1293 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1317 | 1336 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 better than Qwen Plus?
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 and Qwen Plus score almost the same on the Noometry Index (36.7 vs 37.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 or Qwen Plus better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (38.4 vs 38.9); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 and Qwen Plus share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 has 11 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.