Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Nemotron Ultra 253B

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.

Quick Verdict

Claude 3.5 Sonnet wins overall with a score of 55 vs 40 (15 point difference).Claude 3.5 Sonnet wins 4 out of 4 categories.

Knowledge

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

63.5

Nemotron Ultra 253B

46.8

65
MMLU
49
65
GPQA
48
63
SuperGPQA
46
61
OpenBookQA
44

Coding

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

57

Nemotron Ultra 253B

41

57
HumanEval
41

Mathematics

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

64

Nemotron Ultra 253B

48

65
AIME 2023
49
67
AIME 2024
51
66
AIME 2025
50
61
HMMT Feb 2023
45
63
HMMT Feb 2024
47
62
HMMT Feb 2025
46
64
BRUMO 2025
48

Reasoning

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

62

Nemotron Ultra 253B

46

63
SimpleQA
47
61
MuSR
45

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Nemotron Ultra 253B?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet scores higher overall with 55 vs 40, a difference of 15 points across all benchmarks.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Nemotron Ultra 253B?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads in knowledge tasks with an average score of 63.5 vs 46.8.

Which is better for coding, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Nemotron Ultra 253B?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads in coding with an average score of 57 vs 41.

Which is better for math, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Nemotron Ultra 253B?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads in math with an average score of 64 vs 48.

Which is better for reasoning, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Nemotron Ultra 253B?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads in reasoning with an average score of 62 vs 46.