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NVIDIA Nemotron Labs Teacher STEM vs Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct

NVIDIA Nemotron Labs Teacher STEM (NVIDIA) and Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct (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 3 September 2026

As of 3 September 2026, NVIDIA Nemotron Labs Teacher STEM holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#189 vs #192); and Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose NVIDIA Nemotron Labs Teacher STEM if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #189 against #192 (14.6 vs 11.0 points).
  • you want the more recently listed model — NVIDIA Nemotron Labs Teacher STEM was listed 14 August 2026, Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct 11 November 2024.

Choose Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct if…

  • you want to self-host: Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct ships open weights while NVIDIA Nemotron Labs Teacher STEM is restricted license.
  • you want provider choice — 1 listed API providers against 0.

NVIDIA Nemotron Labs Teacher STEM vs Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of NVIDIA Nemotron Labs Teacher STEM and Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct
FieldNVIDIA Nemotron Labs Teacher STEMNVIDIAQwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructQwen
ModelCap Index position#189#192
Index score14.611.0
EvidenceEstimatedMeasured
Input price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.66
Output price / 1M tokensUnlisted$1.00
Context window— tokens33K tokens
Max output tokens—29K
API providers listed01
Weight accessRestricted licenseOpen weights
Input modalitiesTextText
First listed14 August 202611 November 2024
PublisherNVIDIAQwen

Evidence: publisher corpus prior · leave-one-anchor-out calibrated · 3 public benchmark observations across 3 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: NVIDIA Nemotron Labs Teacher STEM vs Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct

Public benchmark boards where NVIDIA Nemotron Labs Teacher STEM or Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct has a published result
BoardNVIDIA Nemotron Labs Teacher STEMQwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—13421324–1361Only one result
SWE-benchSWE-bench (Princeton / SWE-agent team)—9.0%Only one result
AA Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis—6.9intelligence-indexOnly one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis—3.5%humanitys-last-examOnly one result

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

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NVIDIA Nemotron Labs Teacher STEM vs Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct: common questions

Is NVIDIA Nemotron Labs Teacher STEM better than Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct?

NVIDIA Nemotron Labs Teacher STEM ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 3 September 2026: #189 against #192. 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.

Is NVIDIA Nemotron Labs Teacher STEM cheaper than Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct?

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, NVIDIA Nemotron Labs Teacher STEM or Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct?

Both publish a —-token context window.

Which is better for coding, NVIDIA Nemotron Labs Teacher STEM or Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct?

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 NVIDIA Nemotron Labs Teacher STEM and Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct open-weight models?

NVIDIA Nemotron Labs Teacher STEM: Restricted license. Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct: 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 NVIDIA Nemotron Labs Teacher STEM and Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for NVIDIA Nemotron Labs Teacher STEM and 1 for Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this NVIDIA Nemotron Labs Teacher STEM vs Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 3 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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