GPT-5.4 Pro vs Nemotron Ultra 253B

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

GPT-5.4 Pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 94 to 50. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-5.4 Pro's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 89 against 34. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LiveCodeBench, 86 to 30.

GPT-5.4 Pro gives you the larger context window at 1.05M, compared with 32K for Nemotron Ultra 253B.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.4 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nemotron Ultra 253B only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Knowledge

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

88.8

Nemotron Ultra 253B

43.5

99
MMLU
49
99
GPQA
48
97
SuperGPQA
46
94
OpenBookQA
44
94
MMLU-Pro
63
50
HLE
11

Coding

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

89

Nemotron Ultra 253B

34

95
HumanEval
41
86
SWE-bench Verified
31
86
LiveCodeBench
30

Mathematics

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

98

Nemotron Ultra 253B

51.3

99
AIME 2023
49
99
AIME 2024
51
99
AIME 2025
50
96
HMMT Feb 2023
45
98
HMMT Feb 2024
47
97
HMMT Feb 2025
46
97
BRUMO 2025
48
99
MATH-500
74

Reasoning

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

96.7

Nemotron Ultra 253B

56.3

97
SimpleQA
47
95
MuSR
45
98
BBH
77

Instruction Following

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

97

Nemotron Ultra 253B

78

97
IFEval
78

Multilingual

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

97

Nemotron Ultra 253B

74

97
MGSM
74

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.4 Pro or Nemotron Ultra 253B?

GPT-5.4 Pro is ahead overall, 94 to 50. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 86 and 30.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.4 Pro or Nemotron Ultra 253B?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 88.8 versus 43.5. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.4 Pro or Nemotron Ultra 253B?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 89 versus 34. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.4 Pro or Nemotron Ultra 253B?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 98 versus 51.3. Inside this category, HMMT Feb 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.4 Pro or Nemotron Ultra 253B?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 96.7 versus 56.3. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-5.4 Pro or Nemotron Ultra 253B?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 97 versus 78. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.4 Pro or Nemotron Ultra 253B?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 97 versus 74. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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