Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 40.3 on the Noometry Index. Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 costs 11× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher in 8 categories and Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads 71.7 to 26.8.
  • Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 is cheaper at $0.40 / $0.40 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $12 for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview.
  • Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 131K.
  • Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 specifications
Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewNvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5
ProviderGoogleNVIDIA
Noometry Index56.740.3
Released2026-02-192025-07-25
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M131K
Max output66K131K
Input $ / M tokens$2$0.40
Output $ / M tokens$12$0.40
Results tracked7112

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 42.5 (#99), Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5: 39.8 (#154)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewNvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5
LMArena Coding14841355
SWE-bench Verified75.6%—
DeepSWE11.7%—
LMArena WebDev1447—
SciCode58.9%—
GSO22.6%—
WeirdML72.1%—
MirrorCode8.9%—
ALE-Bench1,161—
AlgoTune2.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.7 (#34), Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewNvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5
Terminal-Bench80.2%—
APEX-Agents35.3%—
τ²-bench Banking26%—
DeepResearch Bench47.8%—
PostTrainBench22%—
BALROG57%—
ExploitBench26.1%—
GBAEval0.8%—
GDP.pdf17%—
LMArena Search1211—
METR Time Horizons77%—
Vending-Bench 23,774—

Reasoning Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.7 (#12), Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5: 26.8 (#128)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewNvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5
LMArena Hard Prompts14851336
ARC-AGI-277.1%—
SimpleBench79.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
ARC-AGI-198%—
CritPt17.7%—
Chess Puzzles55%—
EnigmaEval36.8%—
Thematic Generalization79.4%—
EBR-Bench14.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench97.1%—
LMCA53.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.77—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 62.1 (#34), Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5: 38.2 (#141)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewNvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5
LMArena Math14851392
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions86.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
ProofBench26%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)36.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)16.7%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.8 (#3), Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5: 36.7 (#165)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewNvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5
LMArena Expert14851330
GPQA Diamond94.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam46.4%—
SimpleQA Verified73.5%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.9 (#69), Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewNvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5
LMArena Vision1296—
Blueprint-Bench 226.5%—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—
LMArena Document1444—

Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 57.0 (#12), Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5: 45.5 (#168)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewNvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5
LMArena Non-English14771316
LMArena Japanese14931300
LMArena Russian14981332
LMArena Chinese1529—
LMArena French1487—
LMArena German1491—
LMArena Korean1455—
LMArena Spanish1479—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 77.0 (#32), Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5: 68.6 (#188)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewNvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5
LMArena Instruction Following14661299

Long Context Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 47.4 (#18), Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5: 40.0 (#164)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewNvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5
LMArena Longer Query14831315
CL-bench20.8%—
CL-bench Life16.9%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 66.1 (#37), Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5: 53.1 (#159)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewNvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5
LMArena Text14811338
LMArena Creative Writing14821307
LMArena Multi-Turn14881334
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1491—
EQ-Bench 41142—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview better than Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 40.3 on the Noometry Index. Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 costs 11× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5?

Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview lists at $2 and $12.

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 better for coding?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.5 versus 39.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has 71 scored results on Noometry and Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 has 12.

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