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Nemotron 3 Ultra
Nemotron 3 Ultra by NVIDIA ranks 113th of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 42.5. Its strongest category is writing & preference, where it ranks 36th. API pricing starts at $0.50 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens, with a 262K-token context window.
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Specifications
- Noometry rank
- #113 of 354
- Index score
- 42.5
- Evidence
- Confirmed 30 results
- Provider
NVIDIA
- Released
- June 4, 2026
- Weights
- Open weights
- Reasoning
- Yes
- Context window
- 262K
- Max output
- 128K
- Input price
- $0.50 / M
- Output price
- $2.20 / M
- Blended price
- $0.93 / M
- Output speed
- Not measured
- Value
- #104 of 219
- Knowledge cutoff
- Unknown
- Input
- text
- Hugging Face
- nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Ultra-550B-A55B-BF16
Category scores
Each category score combines every public result we have in that category.
- Coding 38.1
- Agentic & Tool Use 23.4
- Reasoning 31.0
- Math 35.3
- Knowledge 52.5
- Multilingual 53.5
- Instruction Following 74.7
- Long Context 43.9
- Writing & Preference 66.3
| Category | Score | Rank | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 38.1 | #182 | 4 |
| Agentic & Tool Use | 23.4 | #126 | 1 |
| Reasoning | 31.0 | #82 | 6 |
| Math | 35.3 | #187 | 3 |
| Knowledge | 52.5 | #61 | 2 |
| Multilingual | 53.5 | #64 | 1 |
| Instruction Following | 74.7 | #88 | 1 |
| Long Context | 43.9 | #81 | 1 |
| Writing & Preference | 66.3 | #36 | 4 |
Strengths and weaknesses
Categories where Nemotron 3 Ultra places highest and lowest among the models ranked in each, with its score against that category's median.
Strongest categories
| Category | Score | vs median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Writing & Preference | 66.3 | +12.5 | #36 of 312, top 12% |
| Knowledge | 52.5 | +15.2 | #61 of 314, top 20% |
| Multilingual | 53.5 | +6.1 | #64 of 297, top 22% |
Weakest categories
| Category | Score | vs median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic & Tool Use | 23.4 | −6.9 | #126 of 154, top 82% |
| Math | 35.3 | −1.3 | #187 of 327, top 58% |
| Coding | 38.1 | −0.6 | #182 of 340, top 54% |
Closest competitors
The models ranked just above and below Nemotron 3 Ultra. When scores are this close, price and speed are often the better way to choose.
| Model | Rank | Score | Blended $/M | Speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-5.3 Chat | #109 | 42.8 | $4.81 | — | Compare |
| GPT-5.5 Instant | #110 | 42.7 | — | — | Compare |
| GPT-5.2 Codex | #111 | 42.6 | $4.81 | — | Compare |
| Qwen3.5-Flash | #112 | 42.5 | $0.18 | — | Compare |
| Hunyuan T1 20250711 | #114 | 42.5 | — | — | Compare |
| DeepSeek-R1 | #115 | 42.3 | $0.91 | 10 | Compare |
| Step 3.5 Flash | #116 | 42.3 | $0.15 | — | Compare |
| Qwen3.6 27B | #117 | 42.2 | $1.35 | — | Compare |
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Benchmark results
Every published result we track, with its source. Bold rows are the ones used for ranking; where several exist we prefer independent runs over self-reported numbers.
Coding
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FrontierCode | 13.6% | #35 of 37, top 95% | Epoch AI | ||
| SciCode | 40.3% | #77 of 121, top 64% | Epoch AI | ||
| WeirdML | 43.5% | #65 of 119, top 55% | Epoch AI | ||
| LMArena Coding | 1468 | #60 of 294, top 21% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 |
Agentic & Tool Use
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 22.7% | #47 of 49, top 96% | Epoch AI |
Reasoning
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 3.1% | #67 of 134, top 50% | Epoch AI | ||
| Chess Puzzles | 12% | #79 of 129, top 62% | Epoch AI | 2026-08-10 | |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1452 | #57 of 297, top 20% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 | |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 20% | #41 of 74, top 56% | Epoch AI | 2026-08-27 | |
| DTBench | 90.1% | #40 of 151, top 27% | Epoch AI | ||
| LMCA | 36.9% | #59 of 125, top 48% | Epoch AI | ||
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 146.17 | #75 of 213, top 36% | Epoch AI | 2026-06-04 |
Math
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 86.7% | #62 of 173, top 36% | Epoch AI | 2026-08-10 | |
| ProofBench | 2% | #74 of 77, top 97% | Epoch AI | ||
| LMArena Math | 1457 | #55 of 285, top 20% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 |
Knowledge
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 85.4% | #63 of 186, top 34% | Epoch AI | 2026-08-10 | |
| LMArena Expert | 1472 | #48 of 273, top 18% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 |
Multilingual
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1427 | #64 of 297, top 22% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 | |
| LMArena Chinese | 1497 | #46 of 285, top 17% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 | |
| LMArena French | 1472 | #34 of 223, top 16% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 | |
| LMArena German | 1471 | #25 of 231, top 11% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 | |
| LMArena Korean | 1386 | #69 of 213, top 33% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 | |
| LMArena Russian | 1417 | #85 of 283, top 31% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 | |
| LMArena Spanish | 1454 | #45 of 226, top 20% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 |
Instruction Following
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1418 | #77 of 298, top 26% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 |
Long Context
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1437 | #69 of 291, top 24% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 |
Writing & Preference
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1445 | #54 of 297, top 19% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 | |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1398 | #84 of 295, top 29% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 | |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1692 | #31 of 115, top 27% | EQ-Bench | ||
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1411 | #108 of 295, top 37% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 |
API pricing by provider
| Route | Input $/M | Output $/M | Cached input $/M | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fireworks | $0.60 | $2.40 | $0.12 | 2026-10-10 |
| openrouter | $0.50 | $2.20 | $0.10 | 2026-10-10 |
| together | $0.60 | $3.60 | $0.20 | 2026-10-10 |
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Frequently asked questions
How good is Nemotron 3 Ultra?
Nemotron 3 Ultra by NVIDIA ranks 113th of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 42.5. Its strongest category is writing & preference, where it ranks 36th. API pricing starts at $0.50 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens, with a 262K-token context window.
How much does Nemotron 3 Ultra cost?
Nemotron 3 Ultra costs $0.50 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens on openrouter, with cached input at $0.10.
What is Nemotron 3 Ultra's context window?
Nemotron 3 Ultra accepts up to 262K tokens of input and can write up to 128K tokens in one response.
Is Nemotron 3 Ultra open source?
Yes. Nemotron 3 Ultra's weights are downloadable from Hugging Face (nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Ultra-550B-A55B-BF16); check the license for commercial terms.
What are Nemotron 3 Ultra's strengths and weaknesses?
Relative to other ranked models, Nemotron 3 Ultra places best in writing & preference, knowledge, multilingual and lowest in agentic & tool use, math, coding.
What is Nemotron 3 Ultra best at?
Its best category is writing & preference, where it ranks 36th on Noometry.