Aquila 2 34B vs Nemotron 4 340B
Aquila 2 34B (2023) and Nemotron 4 340B (2025) are compact production models from Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence (BAAI) and NVIDIA AI. Aquila 2 34B ships a 2k-token context window, while Nemotron 4 340B 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.
Nemotron 4 340B is safer overall; choose Aquila 2 34B when provider fit matters.
Decision scorecard
Local evidence first| Signal | Aquila 2 34B | Nemotron 4 340B |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | general production evaluation | provider-routed production |
| Decision fit | General | Classification and JSON / Tool use |
| Context window | 2k | 4k |
| Cheapest output | - | $4.20/1M tokens |
| Provider routes | 0 tracked | 2 tracked |
| Shared benchmarks | 0 shared | 0 shared |
Decision tradeoffs
- Use Aquila 2 34B when your own prompt tests beat the comparison signals; the local data does not show a decisive standalone advantage yet.
- Nemotron 4 340B has the larger context window for long prompts, retrieval packs, or transcript analysis.
- Nemotron 4 340B has broader tracked provider coverage for fallback and route flexibility.
- Nemotron 4 340B uniquely exposes Structured outputs in local model data.
- Local decision data tags Nemotron 4 340B for Classification and JSON / Tool use.
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
Nemotron 4 340B
$4,410
Cheapest tracked route/tier: DeepInfra
Cost delta unavailable until both models have sourced input and output token prices.
Switch friction
- No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Aquila 2 34B and Nemotron 4 340B; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
- Nemotron 4 340B adds Structured outputs in local capability data.
- No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Nemotron 4 340B and Aquila 2 34B; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
- Check replacement coverage for Structured outputs before moving production traffic.
Specs
| Specification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2023-11-02 | 2025-02-27 |
| Context window | 2k | 4k |
| Parameters | 34B | 340B |
| Architecture | Decoder Only | Decoder Only |
| License | Proprietary | NVIDIA Open Model |
| Openness | Proprietary | Open weights |
| Weights | Not released | Unknown |
| Code | Unknown | Unknown |
| Commercial use | Commercial use: conditional | Commercial use: permitted |
| Knowledge cutoff | - | - |
Pricing and availability
| Pricing attribute | Aquila 2 34B | Nemotron 4 340B |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | - | $4.20/1M tokens |
| Output price | - | $4.20/1M tokens |
| Providers | - |
Capabilities
| Capability | Aquila 2 34B | Nemotron 4 340B |
|---|---|---|
| Vision | No | No |
| Multimodal | No | No |
| Reasoning | No | No |
| JSON / Tool use | No | No |
| Structured outputs | No | Yes |
| Code execution | No | No |
| IDE integration | No | No |
| Computer use | No | No |
| Parallel agents | No | No |
Benchmarks
No shared benchmark scores are currently available for this pair.
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Last reviewed: 2026-06-15. Data sourced from public model cards and provider documentation.