Model comparison
Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) vs Nemotron 3 Ultra
Head-to-head evidence from 13 shared benchmark results across 6 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.
Verified leaderboard positions: Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) unranked; Nemotron 3 Ultra #24
BenchAlign evidence: Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) estimated; Nemotron 3 Ultra not scored. Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.
Evidence parity. Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) and Nemotron 3 Ultra share 13 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 4 results are unique to Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive); 26 to Nemotron 3 Ultra.
Updated July 16, 2026- Shared results
- 13
- Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) only
- 4
- Nemotron 3 Ultra only
- 26
- Comparable categories
- 0 / 8
Benchmark data for Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) and Nemotron 3 Ultra is coming soon on BenchLM.
Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 13 shared benchmark results across 6 evidence categories; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.
Why this result
BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.
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 | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) | Δ | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive)Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Nemotron 3 Ultra51.3 |
| Coding | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive)Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Nemotron 3 Ultra58.3 |
| Reasoning | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive)Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Nemotron 3 Ultra61.9 |
| Knowledge | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive)Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Nemotron 3 Ultra54.2 |
| Multilingual | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive)Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Nemotron 3 Ultra83.0 |
| Inst. Following | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive)Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Nemotron 3 Ultra81.7 |
Operational comparison
Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.
| Metric | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokens | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive)Not available | Nemotron 3 Ultra$0 input / $0 output | A complete price comparison is not available. |
| Generation speedtokens per second | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive)Not available | Nemotron 3 UltraNot available | A complete speed comparison is not available. |
| First-answer latencyseconds to first token | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive)Not available | Nemotron 3 UltraNot available | A complete latency comparison is not available. |
| Context windowmaximum listed tokens | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive)1M | Nemotron 3 Ultra1M | Listed context windows are equal. |
Benchmark Deep Dive
Agentic13 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents-AASource | 33.0% | — | Not comparable |
| τ²-bench resultsSource | 92.1% | 83.3% | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) leads |
| 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 |
| GDPval-AASource | — | 1164 | Not comparable |
| AA BriefcaseSource | — | 870 | Not comparable |
| AA EnterpriseOps-GymSource | — | 28.9% | Not comparable |
| AA Harvey LABSource | — | 3.3% | Not comparable |
Coding9 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vibe Code BenchSource | 53.50% | — | Not comparable |
| Terminal-Bench HardSource | 46.2% | 36.4% | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) leads |
| AA-SciCodeSource | 51.9% | 39.9% | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) leads |
| SWE-bench VerifiedSource | — | 71.9% | Not comparable |
| 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 |
Reasoning3 benchmarks
Knowledge12 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource | 43.7% | 37.8% | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) leads |
| AA-GPQA DiamondSource | 89.6% | 86.7% | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) leads |
| AA-HLESource | 36.7% | 26.6% | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) leads |
| AA-Omniscience IndexSource | 13.5% | -0.8% | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) leads |
| AA-Omniscience AccuracySource | 46.4% | 21.6% | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) leads |
| AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource | 61.3% | 28.5% | Nemotron 3 Ultra leads |
| 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 Openness IndexSource | — | 83.3% | Not comparable |
Multilingual2 benchmarks
Multimodal2 benchmarks
Frequently Asked Questions (3)
Can I compare Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) and Nemotron 3 Ultra on BenchLM yet?
Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.
Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?
BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.
What data is available for Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) and Nemotron 3 Ultra today?
Nemotron 3 Ultra: $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.
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