Compare/Llama 3.1 Nemotron Instruct 70B vs Qwen3 Coder Next

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Instruct 70BvsQwen3 Coder Next

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

NVIDIA

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Instruct 70B

Input
$1.2/M
Output
$1.2/M
Speed
33 tok/s
TTFT
0.39s
Alibaba

Qwen3 Coder Next

Input
$0.35/M
Output
$1.2/M
Speed
166 tok/s
TTFT
0.98s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Qwen3 Coder Next
Faster (tok/s)
Qwen3 Coder Next
Lower Latency
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Instruct 70B
Benchmarks (5-7)
Qwen3 Coder Next

Pricing Comparison

MetricLlama 3.1 Nemotron Instruct 70BQwen3 Coder Next
Input ($/M tokens)$1.2$0.35
Output ($/M tokens)$1.2$1.2
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Instruct 70B$1.32
Qwen3 Coder Next$0.47

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Instruct 70B
33 tok/s
Qwen3 Coder Next
166 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Instruct 70B
0.39s
Qwen3 Coder Next
0.98s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
13.428.3
Coding Index
10.822.9
Math Index
11.0
GPQA Diamond
46.5%73.7%
MMLU-Pro
69.0%
LiveCodeBench
16.9%
AIME 2025
11.0%
MATH-500
73.3%
Humanity's Last Exam
4.6%9.3%
SciCode
23.3%32.3%
IFBench
30.7%35.2%
TerminalBench
4.5%18.2%
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Instruct 70B5 wins
7 winsQwen3 Coder Next

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Llama 3.1 Nemotron Instruct 70B or Qwen3 Coder Next?

Qwen3 Coder Next is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.60/M tokens vs $1.20/M for Llama 3.1 Nemotron Instruct 70B.

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

Qwen3 Coder Next wins 7 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 5 for Llama 3.1 Nemotron Instruct 70B. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

Qwen3 Coder Next generates tokens faster at 166 tok/s vs 33 tok/s. Llama 3.1 Nemotron Instruct 70B also has lower time-to-first-token (0.39s vs 0.98s).

When should I use Llama 3.1 Nemotron Instruct 70B vs Qwen3 Coder Next?

Choose based on your priorities: Qwen3 Coder Next for lower cost, Qwen3 Coder Next for stronger benchmark performance, and Qwen3 Coder Next for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.