Compare/Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B vs Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Non-reasoning)

Qwen2.5 Instruct 72BvsLlama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Non-reasoning)

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

Alibaba

Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B

Input
$0.36/M
Output
$0.4/M
Speed
55 tok/s
TTFT
1.12s
NVIDIA

Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Non-reasoning)

Input
$0.1/M
Output
$0.4/M
Speed
52 tok/s
TTFT
0.32s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Non-reasoning)
Faster (tok/s)
Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B
Lower Latency
Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Non-reasoning)
Benchmarks (10-1)
Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B

Pricing Comparison

MetricQwen2.5 Instruct 72BLlama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Non-reasoning)
Input ($/M tokens)$0.36$0.1
Output ($/M tokens)$0.4$0.4
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B$0.40
Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Non-reasoning)$0.14

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B
55 tok/s
Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Non-reasoning)
52 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B
1.12s
Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Non-reasoning)
0.32s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
15.614.6
Coding Index
11.910.5
Math Index
14.08.0
GPQA Diamond
49.1%48.1%
MMLU-Pro
72.0%69.2%
LiveCodeBench
27.6%29.0%
AIME 2025
14.0%8.0%
MATH-500
85.8%77.0%
Humanity's Last Exam
4.2%4.3%
SciCode
26.7%23.8%
IFBench
36.9%32.9%
TerminalBench
4.5%3.8%
Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B10 wins
1 winsLlama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Non-reasoning)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B or Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Non-reasoning)?

Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Non-reasoning) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.17/M tokens vs $0.37/M for Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B.

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B wins 10 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 1 for Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Non-reasoning). See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B generates tokens faster at 55 tok/s vs 52 tok/s. However, Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Non-reasoning) has lower time-to-first-token (0.32s vs 1.12s).

When should I use Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B vs Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Non-reasoning)?

Choose based on your priorities: Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5 (Non-reasoning) for lower cost, Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B for stronger benchmark performance, and Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.