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Like-for-like- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8
- 73.4
- Nemotron 3 Ultra
- 81.7
- Weighted basis
- 1 vs 1 rows
- Reading
- Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Model comparison
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 vs Nemotron 3 Ultra
Updated August 4, 2026. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty. They are not guarantees for a specific workload.
At least one model is not scored in the current public ranking lane, so the page does not name an overall quality winner.
4 results are shared. Category rows based on different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.
Which one for your work
Recommendations appear only when a shared evidence basis or an explicit operating constraint supports the call. Secondary and unsupported use cases stay disclosed below the initial list.
Long documents
Prompts that approach the documented context limit
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Nemotron 3 Ultra has the larger documented context window.
Confidence: documented
Show secondary and unsupported calls
Coding work
Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks
Not enough matched evidence
The category averages use different weighted benchmark sets, so they are directional rather than like-for-like.
Confidence: limited
Agentic work
Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion
Not enough matched evidence
No shared weighted benchmark basis supports a winner.
Confidence: limited
Chat turn cost
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Confidence: listed-rates
Cache-heavy agent loop cost
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Confidence: listed-rates
Repository review cost
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Confidence: listed-rates
What is actually comparable
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.
4 Shared
15 Nemotron 3 Ultra only
- Shared results
- 4
- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 only
- 0
- Nemotron 3 Ultra only
- 15
- Like-for-like categories
- 1 / 8
2 categories use different evidence sets. Those rows remain visible for coverage context but do not name a winner.
Category results, on a stated basis
Each row states whether both averages use the same weighted benchmark set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner in this template.
Coding
Directional only- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8
- 40.4
- Nemotron 3 Ultra
- 58.3
- Weighted basis
- 1 vs 2 rows
- Reading
- Directional only
Knowledge
Directional only- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8
- 84.0
- Nemotron 3 Ultra
- 53.8
- Weighted basis
- 1 vs 3 rows
- Reading
- Directional only
Agentic
Not comparable- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8
- Not measured
- Nemotron 3 Ultra
- 51.3
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 2 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Reasoning
Not comparable- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8
- Not measured
- Nemotron 3 Ultra
- 61.9
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 1 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Math
Not comparable- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8
- Not measured
- Nemotron 3 Ultra
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Multilingual
Not comparable- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8
- Not measured
- Nemotron 3 Ultra
- 83.0
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 1 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Multimodal
Not comparable- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8
- Not measured
- Nemotron 3 Ultra
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
| Category | Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Weighted basis | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Instruction following | 73.4 | 81.7 | Like-for-like1 vs 1 rows | Nemotron 3 Ultra leads |
| Coding | 40.4 | 58.3 | Directional only1 vs 2 rows | Directional only |
| Knowledge | 84.0 | 53.8 | Directional only1 vs 3 rows | Directional only |
| Agentic | Not measured | 51.3 | Not comparable0 vs 2 rows | Not comparable |
| Reasoning | Not measured | 61.9 | Not comparable0 vs 1 rows | Not comparable |
| Math | Not measured | Not measured | Not comparable0 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Multilingual | Not measured | 83.0 | Not comparable0 vs 1 rows | Not comparable |
| Multimodal | Not measured | Not measured | Not comparable0 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
Shape of the matched evidence
Only shared public evidence is shown. Sparse evidence stays a ruled list rather than being closed into a radar shape.
Too few matched category axes support a radar. The ruled list below shows only shared benchmark results; positions use each benchmark’s normalized display scale when available.
IFBench
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Ling 3.0 Flash FP8: 73.4%Nemotron 3 Ultra: 81.7%Normalized gap 8.3Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 source Nemotron 3 Ultra sourceSciCode
Coding
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8: 40.4%Nemotron 3 Ultra: 44.6%Normalized gap 4.2Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 source Nemotron 3 Ultra sourceGPQA
Knowledge
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8: 84%Nemotron 3 Ultra: 87%Normalized gap 3.0Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 source Nemotron 3 Ultra source
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes turn per-token rates into comparable decisions. Each scenario states context fit and whether cached input had to fall back to the published list-input rate.
Chat turn
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8
- API rate not published
- Fits in one request
- Nemotron 3 Ultra
- Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
- Fits in one request
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 has no comparable published API token rate. Nemotron 3 Ultra has no comparable published API token rate.
Repository review
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8
- API rate not published
- Fits in one request
- Nemotron 3 Ultra
- Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
- Fits in one request
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 has no comparable published API token rate. Nemotron 3 Ultra has no comparable published API token rate.
Cache-heavy agent loop
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8
- API rate not published
- Fits in one request
- Cached-input rate unavailable
- Nemotron 3 Ultra
- Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
- Fits in one request
- Cached-input rate unavailable
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 has no comparable published API token rate. Nemotron 3 Ultra has no comparable published API token rate.
Specification differences
Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.
SpecificationLing 3.0 Flash FP8Nemotron 3 Ultra
Context window
Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8
Nemotron 3 Ultra
1M
API model ID
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8
Not sourced
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Not sourced
Cached-input rate
A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8
No comparable hosted API rate
InclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 model cardNemotron 3 Ultra
No comparable hosted API rate
Documented inputs
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8
Not sourced
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Not sourced
Documented outputs
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8
Not sourced
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Not sourced
Provider availability
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8
Not sourced
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Not sourced
Reasoning profile
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8
Reasoning
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Reasoning
Weight access
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8
Open Weight
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Open Weight
License
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8
Open Weight
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Open Weight
Release date
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8
2026-08-04
Nemotron 3 Ultra
2026-06-04
If you already use one of these models
- Deployment change
- The models list different providers, so authentication, endpoint behavior, limits, and feature support may change.
- Quality signal
- At least one model is not scored in the current public ranking lane, so the page does not name an overall quality winner.
- Workload cost
- A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
- Context tradeoff
- Nemotron 3 Ultra has the larger documented window (1M).
Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.
Benchmark evidence
The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.
Browse raw public benchmark evidence19 rows
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.0
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8—Nemotron 3 Ultra56.4%SourceNot directly comparable
PinchBench
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8—Nemotron 3 Ultra90.0%SourceNot directly comparable
BrowseComp
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8—Nemotron 3 Ultra44.4%SourceNot directly comparable
τ³-bench results
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8—Nemotron 3 Ultra70.9%SourceNot directly comparable
HLE w/ tools
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8—Nemotron 3 Ultra37.4%SourceNot directly comparable
Coding
SciCode
Ling 3.0 Flash FP840.4%SourceNemotron 3 Ultra44.6%SourceNemotron 3 Ultra leads this result
SWE-bench Verified
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8—Nemotron 3 Ultra71.9%SourceNot directly comparable
SWE Multilingual
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8—Nemotron 3 Ultra67.7%SourceNot directly comparable
LiveCodeBench v6
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8—Nemotron 3 Ultra89.0%SourceNot directly comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8—Nemotron 3 Ultra56.4%SourceNot directly comparable
Reasoning
Knowledge
GPQA
Ling 3.0 Flash FP884%SourceNemotron 3 Ultra87%SourceNemotron 3 Ultra leads this result
GPQA-D
Ling 3.0 Flash FP884.0%SourceNemotron 3 Ultra87.0%SourceNemotron 3 Ultra leads this result
HLE
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8—Nemotron 3 Ultra26.7%SourceNot directly comparable
HLE w/o tools
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8—Nemotron 3 Ultra26.7%SourceNot directly comparable
MMLU-Pro
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8—Nemotron 3 Ultra86.8%SourceNot directly comparable
Multilingual
MMLU-ProX
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8—Nemotron 3 Ultra83%SourceNot directly comparable
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Frequently asked questions
Which is better, Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 or Nemotron 3 Ultra?
At least one model is not scored in the current public ranking lane, so the page does not name an overall quality winner. The page therefore keeps the decision tied to the specific documented workload.
Which is better for coding, Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 or Nemotron 3 Ultra?
The current coding averages use different weighted benchmark sets, so BenchLM does not name a winner from them. Read the shared benchmark rows directly and test the models on the same task set.
Which is better for agentic tasks, Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 or Nemotron 3 Ultra?
The published evidence does not provide a shared weighted agentic tasks basis for both models, so BenchLM does not name a agentic tasks winner.
Which costs less, Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 or Nemotron 3 Ultra?
Both models do not have comparable published API token rates, so this page does not name a universal price winner.
Which has the larger context window, Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 or Nemotron 3 Ultra?
Nemotron 3 Ultra has the larger documented context window: 1M, compared with 262K.
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Last updated August 4, 2026
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