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Aquila 2 34B vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Reward

Aquila 2 34B (2023) and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Reward (2024) are compact production models from Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence (BAAI) and NVIDIA AI. Aquila 2 34B ships a 2k-token context window, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Reward ships a 4k-token context window. This comparison covers specs, pricing, API access, capabilities, benchmarks, input and output token costs, and production fit for coding and agent workloads.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Reward is safer overall; choose Aquila 2 34B when provider fit matters.

Decision scorecard

Local evidence first
SignalAquila 2 34BLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Reward
Best forgeneral production evaluationgeneral production evaluation
Decision fitGeneralClassification
Context window2k4k
Cheapest output--
Provider routes0 tracked1 tracked
Shared benchmarks0 shared0 shared

Decision tradeoffs

Choose Aquila 2 34B when...
  • Use Aquila 2 34B when your own prompt tests beat the comparison signals; the local data does not show a decisive standalone advantage yet.
Choose Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Reward when...
  • Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Reward has the larger context window for long prompts, retrieval packs, or transcript analysis.
  • Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Reward has broader tracked provider coverage for fallback and route flexibility.
  • Local decision data tags Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Reward for Classification.

Monthly cost at traffic

Estimate token spend from the cheapest tracked input and output route or tier on this page.

Aquila 2 34B

Unavailable

No complete token price in local provider data

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Reward

Unavailable

No complete token price in local provider data

Cost delta unavailable until both models have sourced input and output token prices.

Switch friction

Aquila 2 34B -> Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Reward
  • No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Aquila 2 34B and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Reward; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Reward -> Aquila 2 34B
  • No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Reward and Aquila 2 34B; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.

Specs

Specification
Released2023-11-022024-10-01
Context window2k4k
Parameters34B70B
ArchitectureDecoder OnlyDecoder Only
LicenseProprietaryNVIDIA Open Model
OpennessProprietaryOpen weights
WeightsNot releasedUnknown
CodeUnknownUnknown
Commercial useCommercial use: conditionalCommercial use: permitted
Knowledge cutoff--

Pricing and availability

Pricing attributeAquila 2 34BLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Reward
Input price--
Output price--
Providers-

Pricing not yet sourced for either model.

Capabilities

CapabilityAquila 2 34BLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Reward
VisionNoNo
MultimodalNoNo
ReasoningNoNo
JSON / Tool useNoNo
Structured outputsNoNo
Code executionNoNo
IDE integrationNoNo
Computer useNoNo
Parallel agentsNoNo

Benchmarks

No shared benchmark scores are currently available for this pair.

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Last reviewed: 2026-05-19. Data sourced from public model cards and provider documentation.