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Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct vs Qwen3.5 397B A17B

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct wins:

  • Better at math

Qwen3.5 397B A17B wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Supports vision
Price Advantage
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Benchmark Advantage
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Context Window
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Speed
Qwen3.5 397B A17B

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70B InstructQwen3.5 397B A17BWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.90$0.39 Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.90$0.90Tie
Cache Read (per 1M)$0.45$0.45Tie
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Qwen3.5 397B A17B is 43% cheaper overall.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct Providers

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Qwen3.5 397B A17B Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct Wins
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Qwen3.5 397B A17B Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70B InstructQwen3.5 397B A17BWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
13.440.1
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
10.837.4
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
11.0--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
69.0--
GPQA
Graduate-level science
46.586.1
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
16.9--
Aider
Real-world code editing
54.9--
AIME
Competition math
24.7--
Qwen3.5 397B A17B significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
131,072
tokens
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
262,144
tokens
Qwen3.5 397B A17B has a 50% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70B InstructQwen3.5 397B A17BWinner
Tokens/second35.5 tok/s55.5 tok/s
Time to First Token0.51s1.55s
Qwen3.5 397B A17B responds 56% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70B InstructQwen3.5 397B A17B
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70B InstructQwen3.5 397B A17B
LicenseProprietaryOpen Source
AuthorNvidiaQwen
ReleasedOct 2024Feb 2026

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

Qwen3.5 397B A17B Modalities

Input
textimagevideo
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen3.5 397B A17B has cheaper input pricing at $0.39/M tokens. Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $0.90/M tokens.
Qwen3.5 397B A17B scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 37.4, compared to Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct's score of 10.8.
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct has a 131,072 token context window, while Qwen3.5 397B A17B has a 262,144 token context window.
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct does not support vision. Qwen3.5 397B A17B supports vision.