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Gemma 4 E4B vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 14 shared benchmark results across 5 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

43.04/100
Margin
17.0pts
winning →
60/100
1 category wins0 category wins

Verified leaderboard positions: Gemma 4 E4B unranked; Nemotron 3 Ultra #24

BenchAlign evidence: Gemma 4 E4B estimated; Nemotron 3 Ultra not scored. Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Gemma 4 E4B and Nemotron 3 Ultra share 14 comparable benchmark results. 1 of 8 categories are comparable. 1 result is unique to Gemma 4 E4B; 25 to Nemotron 3 Ultra.

Updated July 16, 2026
Shared results
14
Gemma 4 E4B only
1
Nemotron 3 Ultra only
25
Comparable categories
1 / 8

Pick Nemotron 3 Ultra if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 E4B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 14 shared benchmark results across 5 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 40. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Nemotron 3 Ultra gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 128K for Gemma 4 E4B.

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 Gemma 4 E4B and Nemotron 3 Ultra
CategoryGemma 4 E4BΔNemotron 3 Ultra
KnowledgeGemma 4 E4B67.4Margin← 13.2Nemotron 3 Ultra54.2
AgenticGemma 4 E4BNot measuredMarginNo overlapNemotron 3 Ultra51.3
CodingGemma 4 E4BNot measuredMarginNo overlapNemotron 3 Ultra58.3
ReasoningGemma 4 E4BNot measuredMarginNo overlapNemotron 3 Ultra61.9
MultilingualGemma 4 E4BNot measuredMarginNo overlapNemotron 3 Ultra83.0
Inst. FollowingGemma 4 E4BNot 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 · Gemma 4 E4BB · Nemotron 3 Ultra

  1. GPQA

    Knowledge
    Source ↗
    A 58.6%B 87%
    Winner: Nemotron 3 UltraΔ 28.4
    GPQA: Gemma 4 E4B scored 58.6%; Nemotron 3 Ultra scored 87%. Nemotron 3 Ultra wins this benchmark.

  2. MMLU-Pro

    Knowledge
    Source ↗
    A 69.4%B 86.8%
    Winner: Nemotron 3 UltraΔ 17.4
    MMLU-Pro: Gemma 4 E4B scored 69.4%; Nemotron 3 Ultra scored 86.8%. Nemotron 3 Ultra wins this benchmark.

Operational comparison

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

MetricGemma 4 E4BNemotron 3 UltraComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensGemma 4 E4B$0 input / $0 outputNemotron 3 Ultra$0 input / $0 outputListed prices are equal.
Generation speedtokens per secondGemma 4 E4BNot availableNemotron 3 UltraNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenGemma 4 E4BNot availableNemotron 3 UltraNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensGemma 4 E4B128KNemotron 3 Ultra1MNemotron 3 Ultra lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkGemma 4 E4BNemotron 3 UltraResult
τ²-bench resultsSource 20.8%83.3%Nemotron 3 Ultra 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 —1164Not comparable
AA BriefcaseSource —870Not comparable
AA EnterpriseOps-GymSource —28.9%Not comparable
AA Harvey LABSource —3.3%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkGemma 4 E4BNemotron 3 UltraResult
Terminal-Bench HardSource 8.3%36.4%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
AA-SciCodeSource 24.4%39.9%Nemotron 3 Ultra 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
Reasoning
BenchmarkGemma 4 E4BNemotron 3 UltraResult
AA-LCRSource 30.7%67.0%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
CritPtSource 0.6%3.1%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
LongBench v2Source —61.9%Not comparable
KnowledgeGemma 4 E4B wins
BenchmarkGemma 4 E4BNemotron 3 UltraResult
GPQASource 58.6%87%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
MMLU-ProSource 69.4%86.8%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 12.5%37.8%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 57.6%86.7%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
AA-HLESource 3.7%26.6%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -20.0%-0.8%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 8.6%21.6%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 31.3%28.5%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
GPQA-DSource —87.0%Not comparable
HLESource —26.7%Not comparable
HLE w/o toolsSource —26.7%Not comparable
AA Openness IndexSource —83.3%Not comparable
Multilingual
BenchmarkGemma 4 E4BNemotron 3 UltraResult
MMLU-ProXSource —83%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkGemma 4 E4BNemotron 3 UltraResult
AA-MMMU-ProSource 51.4%—Not comparable
Design Arena WebsiteSource —1132Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkGemma 4 E4BNemotron 3 UltraResult
AA-IFBenchSource 44.2%81.4%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
IFBenchSource —81.7%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (2)

Which is better, Gemma 4 E4B or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Nemotron 3 Ultra is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 60 to 40. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 58.6% and 87%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Gemma 4 E4B or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Gemma 4 E4B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 67.4 versus 54.2. Inside this category, AA-GPQA Diamond is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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