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Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 vs Qwen3 32B

Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 (NVIDIA) and Qwen3 32B (Qwen) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 15 September 2026

As of 15 September 2026, Qwen3 32B holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#127 vs #128); and Qwen3 32B ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 if…

  • ModelCap publishes no field on which Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 leads Qwen3 32B for this pair.

Choose Qwen3 32B if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #127 against #128 (34.3 vs 34.0 points).
  • you want to self-host: Qwen3 32B ships open weights while Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 is restricted license.
  • you want provider choice — 2 listed API providers against 0.
  • BFCL V4 is your yardstick — 48.7 against 10.0.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Qwen3 32B was listed 28 April 2025, Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 7 April 2025.

Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 vs Qwen3 32B: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 and Qwen3 32B
FieldLlama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1NVIDIAQwen3 32BQwen
ModelCap Index position#128#127
Index score34.034.3
EvidenceMeasuredMeasured
Input price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.08
Output price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.28
Context window— tokens131K tokens
Max output tokens—16K
API providers listed02
Weight accessRestricted licenseOpen weights
Input modalitiesTextText
First listed7 April 202528 April 2025
PublisherNVIDIAQwen

Evidence: 1 public benchmark observation across 1 board · 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 vs Qwen3 32B

Public benchmark boards where Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 or Qwen3 32B has a published result
BoardLlama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1Qwen3 32BLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—14071383–1431Only one result
BFCL V4UC Berkeley (Gorilla)10.0Function calling48.7Function callingQwen3 32B

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 vs Qwen3 32B: common questions

Is Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 better than Qwen3 32B?

Qwen3 32B ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 15 September 2026: #127 against #128. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 cheaper than Qwen3 32B?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 or Qwen3 32B?

Both publish a —-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 or Qwen3 32B?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 and Qwen3 32B open-weight models?

Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1: Restricted license. Qwen3 32B: Open weights. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 and Qwen3 32B?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 and 2 for Qwen3 32B, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Llama 3 1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 vs Qwen3 32B comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 15 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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