Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B vs GPT-5 nano

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

Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 67 to 31. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B gives you the larger context window at 10M, compared with 400K for GPT-5 nano.

Quick Verdict

Pick Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-5 nano only becomes the better choice if mathematics is the priority.

Knowledge

GPT-5 nano

Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B

62.5

GPT-5 nano

71.2

74
MMLU
-
73
GPQA
71.2
71
SuperGPQA
-
69
OpenBookQA
-
73
MMLU-Pro
-
15
HLE
-

Coding

Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B
66
HumanEval
-
42
SWE-bench Verified
-
41
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

GPT-5 nano

Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B

74.4

GPT-5 nano

85.2

74
AIME 2023
-
76
AIME 2024
-
75
AIME 2025
85.2
70
HMMT Feb 2023
-
72
HMMT Feb 2024
-
71
HMMT Feb 2025
-
73
BRUMO 2025
-
84
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B
71
SimpleQA
-
69
MuSR
-
85
BBH
-

Instruction Following

Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B
84
IFEval
-

Multilingual

Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B
81
MGSM
-

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B or GPT-5 nano?

Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B is ahead overall, 67 to 31. The biggest single separator in this matchup is AIME 2025, where the scores are 75 and 85.2.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B or GPT-5 nano?

GPT-5 nano has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 71.2 versus 62.5. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Nemotron 3 Ultra 500B or GPT-5 nano?

GPT-5 nano has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 85.2 versus 74.4. Inside this category, AIME 2025 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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