Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B V1 vs Qwen3 235B A22B
Wins 1 of 6 areas
Long documents
Wins 2 of 6 areas
Coding · Agents
Qwen3 235B A22B wins more areas, narrowly.Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B V1 is better at long documents.
Scores updated · 19 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the six areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- CodingWriting and fixing software02Qwen3 235B A22B2 of 2 tests
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own01Qwen3 235B A22B1 of 1 test
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B V11 of 1 test
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking11Even1 each · 1 tie
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up11Even1 each
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked00Even0 each · 1 tie
Agents, long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Qwen3 235B A22B pulls ahead
- Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+5.2points ahead
- Hard command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench Hard+3.8points ahead
- Very hard expert questions across many subjectsHumanity's Last Exam+3.6points ahead
Where Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B V1 pulls ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+2.8points ahead
- Answers hard knowledge questions correctlyAA-Omniscience · Accuracy+1.6points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 19 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingQwen3 235B A22B
- SciCodeQwen3 235B A22B by 5.234.739.9+5.2
- Terminal-Bench HardQwen3 235B A22B by 3.82.36.1+3.8
ReasoningEven
- Humanity's Last ExamQwen3 235B A22B by 3.67.411+3.6
- GPQA DiamondLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B V1 by 2.872.870+2.8
- CritPttie00tie
FactsEven
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationQwen3 235B A22B by 3.618.822.4+3.6
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B V1 by 1.620.118.5+1.6
Long documentsLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B V1
- AA-LCRLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B V1 by 7.77.70+7.7
Other results9 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- AA Agentic IndexQwen3 235B A22B by 14.63.818.4+14.6
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Qwen3 235B A22B by 12.611.424+12.6
- AIME 2025Qwen3 235B A22B by 972.581.5+9
- IFEvalLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B V1 by 6.389.583.2+6.3
- MATH-500 (EM)Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B V1 by 5.89791.2+5.8
- LiveCodeBenchQwen3 235B A22B by 4.466.370.7+4.4
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexQwen3 235B A22B by 4.313.117.4+4.3
- AA IntelligenceQwen3 235B A22B by 27.59.5+2
- AA-Omnisciencetie-44.9-44.7tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B V1 or Qwen3 235B A22B?
Qwen3 235B A22B wins two of the six areas where both have results: coding and agents. Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B V1 wins long documents. They are level on reasoning, facts and following instructions.
Which is better for coding?
Qwen3 235B A22B. It wins 2 of the 2 coding tests both models report; Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B V1 wins none.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 19 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 10 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 9 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.