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Llama 4 Scout vs Nemotron Ultra 253B

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 11 shared benchmark results across 5 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

39.87/100
Margin
4.5pts
winning →
44.4/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Llama 4 Scout #174 (Supported); Nemotron Ultra 253B #150 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Llama 4 Scout and Nemotron Ultra 253B share 11 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 7 results are unique to Llama 4 Scout; 0 to Nemotron Ultra 253B.

Updated July 20, 2026
Shared results
11
Llama 4 Scout only
7
Nemotron Ultra 253B only
0
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Llama 4 Scout and Nemotron Ultra 253B is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 11 shared benchmark results across 5 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.

Llama 4 Scout has the larger context window at 10M, compared with 32K for Nemotron Ultra 253B.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Operational comparison

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

MetricLlama 4 ScoutNemotron Ultra 253BComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensLlama 4 Scout$0 input / $0 outputNemotron Ultra 253B$0 input / $0 outputListed prices are equal.
Generation speedtokens per secondLlama 4 Scout128 tok/sNemotron Ultra 253BNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenLlama 4 Scout0.70 sNemotron Ultra 253BNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensLlama 4 Scout10MNemotron Ultra 253B32KLlama 4 Scout lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkLlama 4 ScoutNemotron Ultra 253BResult
AA Agentic IndexSource 1.1%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 15.5%11.4%Llama 4 Scout leads
GDPval-AASource 0.0%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 90Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkLlama 4 ScoutNemotron Ultra 253BResult
AA Coding IndexSource 8.2%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 17.0%34.7%Nemotron Ultra 253B leads
Reasoning
BenchmarkLlama 4 ScoutNemotron Ultra 253BResult
AA-LCRSource 25.8%7.3%Llama 4 Scout leads
CritPtSource 0.0%0.0%Tie
Knowledge
BenchmarkLlama 4 ScoutNemotron Ultra 253BResult
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 10.0%9.1%Llama 4 Scout leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 58.7%72.8%Nemotron Ultra 253B leads
AA-HLESource 4.3%8.1%Nemotron Ultra 253B leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -52.4%-45.5%Nemotron Ultra 253B leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 14.6%19.9%Nemotron Ultra 253B leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 78.3%81.7%Llama 4 Scout leads
Math
BenchmarkLlama 4 ScoutNemotron Ultra 253BResult
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 0.000%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkLlama 4 ScoutNemotron Ultra 253BResult
AA-MMMU-ProSource 52.9%Not comparable
Design Arena WebsiteSource 783Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkLlama 4 ScoutNemotron Ultra 253BResult
AA-IFBenchSource 39.5%38.2%Llama 4 Scout leads
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Llama 4 Scout and Nemotron Ultra 253B 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 Llama 4 Scout and Nemotron Ultra 253B today?

Llama 4 Scout: $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens Nemotron Ultra 253B: $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.

Self-host vs API cost

Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.

Llama 4 Scout
API / mo$0
Self-host / mo$2,278
Break-even
Nemotron Ultra 253B
API / mo$0
Self-host / moNot listed
Break-even
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Model the full break-even

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