# Nemotron Ultra 253B vs Qwen2.5-Max

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Nemotron Ultra 253B and Qwen2.5-Max across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/nemotron-ultra-253b-vs-qwen2-5-max
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Nemotron Ultra 253B and Qwen2.5-Max share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Nemotron Ultra 253B has the larger published context window at 32K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Nemotron Ultra 253B | Qwen2.5-Max |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | NVIDIA | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 32K | Unknown |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 5 | 3 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron Ultra 253B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen2.5-Max public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron Ultra 253B | Qwen2.5-Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench | 66.3% | 38.7% | Nemotron Ultra 253B |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron Ultra 253B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen2.5-Max public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron Ultra 253B | Qwen2.5-Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 76.0% | 60.1% | Nemotron Ultra 253B |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 76.1% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron Ultra 253B public-lane score: 0 (#127/128)
- Qwen2.5-Max public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron Ultra 253B | Qwen2.5-Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 89.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron Ultra 253B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen2.5-Max public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron Ultra 253B | Qwen2.5-Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 72.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | 97% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Nemotron Ultra 253B and Qwen2.5-Max?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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## Explore More

- [Nemotron Ultra 253B profile](/models/nemotron-ultra-253b)
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