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Model comparison

Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 2 shared benchmark results across 2 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

56.31/100
Margin
3.7pts
winning →
60/100
1 category wins0 category wins

Verified leaderboard positions: Claude Haiku 4.5 unranked; Nemotron 3 Ultra #24

BenchAlign evidence: Claude Haiku 4.5 estimated; Nemotron 3 Ultra not scored. Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Claude Haiku 4.5 and Nemotron 3 Ultra share 2 comparable benchmark results. 1 of 8 categories are comparable. 3 results are unique to Claude Haiku 4.5; 37 to Nemotron 3 Ultra.

Updated July 16, 2026
Shared results
2
Claude Haiku 4.5 only
3
Nemotron 3 Ultra only
37
Comparable categories
1 / 8

Pick Nemotron 3 Ultra if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Claude Haiku 4.5 only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority or you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 2 shared benchmark results across 2 evidence categories; 1 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

Nemotron 3 Ultra is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 60 to 53. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Claude Haiku 4.5 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $1.00 input / $5.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Nemotron 3 Ultra. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. Nemotron 3 Ultra is the reasoning model in the pair, while Claude Haiku 4.5 is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. Nemotron 3 Ultra gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 200K for Claude Haiku 4.5.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for Claude Haiku 4.5 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
CategoryClaude Haiku 4.5ΔNemotron 3 Ultra
CodingClaude Haiku 4.573.3Margin 15.0Nemotron 3 Ultra58.3
AgenticClaude Haiku 4.5Not measuredMarginNo overlapNemotron 3 Ultra51.3
ReasoningClaude Haiku 4.5Not measuredMarginNo overlapNemotron 3 Ultra61.9
KnowledgeClaude Haiku 4.5Not measuredMarginNo overlapNemotron 3 Ultra54.2
MathClaude Haiku 4.54.9MarginNo overlapNemotron 3 UltraNot measured
MultilingualClaude Haiku 4.5Not measuredMarginNo overlapNemotron 3 Ultra83.0
Inst. FollowingClaude Haiku 4.5Not measuredMarginNo overlapNemotron 3 Ultra81.7

Decisive benchmark drivers

The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.

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A · Claude Haiku 4.5B · Nemotron 3 Ultra
  1. SWE-bench Verified

    Coding
    Source ↗
    A 73.3%B 71.9%
    Winner: Claude Haiku 4.5Δ 1.4
    SWE-bench Verified: Claude Haiku 4.5 scored 73.3%; Nemotron 3 Ultra scored 71.9%. Claude Haiku 4.5 wins this benchmark.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricClaude Haiku 4.5Nemotron 3 UltraComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensClaude Haiku 4.5$1 input / $5 outputNemotron 3 Ultra$0 input / $0 outputNemotron 3 Ultra has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondClaude Haiku 4.5Not availableNemotron 3 UltraNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenClaude Haiku 4.5Not availableNemotron 3 UltraNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensClaude Haiku 4.5200KNemotron 3 Ultra1MNemotron 3 Ultra lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkClaude Haiku 4.5Nemotron 3 UltraResult
JobBenchSource 16.0%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 56.4%Not comparable
PinchBenchSource 90.0%Not comparable
BrowseCompSource 44.4%Not comparable
τ³-bench resultsSource 70.9%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 33.2%Not comparable
HLE w/ toolsSource 37.4%Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 27.4%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 83.3%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 1164Not comparable
AA BriefcaseSource 870Not comparable
AA EnterpriseOps-GymSource 28.9%Not comparable
AA Harvey LABSource 3.3%Not comparable
CodingClaude Haiku 4.5 wins
BenchmarkClaude Haiku 4.5Nemotron 3 UltraResult
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 73.3%71.9%Claude Haiku 4.5 leads
SWE MultilingualSource 67.7%Not comparable
LiveCodeBench v6Source 89.0%Not comparable
SciCodeSource 44.6%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 56.4%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 49.3%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench HardSource 36.4%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 39.9%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkClaude Haiku 4.5Nemotron 3 UltraResult
AA-LCRSource 67.0%Not comparable
CritPtSource 3.1%Not comparable
LongBench v2Source 61.9%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkClaude Haiku 4.5Nemotron 3 UltraResult
GPQASource 87%Not comparable
GPQA-DSource 87.0%Not comparable
HLESource 26.7%Not comparable
HLE w/o toolsSource 26.7%Not comparable
MMLU-ProSource 86.8%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 21.6%Not comparable
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 37.8%Not comparable
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 86.7%Not comparable
AA-HLESource 26.6%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -0.8%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 28.5%Not comparable
AA Openness IndexSource 83.3%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkClaude Haiku 4.5Nemotron 3 UltraResult
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 5.903%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)Source 2.083%Not comparable
Multilingual
BenchmarkClaude Haiku 4.5Nemotron 3 UltraResult
MMLU-ProXSource 83%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkClaude Haiku 4.5Nemotron 3 UltraResult
Design Arena WebsiteSource 11561132Claude Haiku 4.5 leads
Inst. Following
BenchmarkClaude Haiku 4.5Nemotron 3 UltraResult
IFBenchSource 81.7%Not comparable
AA-IFBenchSource 81.4%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (2)

Which is better, Claude Haiku 4.5 or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Nemotron 3 Ultra is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 60 to 53. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Verified, where the scores are 73.3% and 71.9%.

Which is better for coding, Claude Haiku 4.5 or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Claude Haiku 4.5 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 73.3 versus 58.3. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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Last updated: July 16, 2026

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