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MiniCPM5-2B vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

Updated September 10, 2026. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty. They are not guarantees for a specific workload.

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Model B
Nemotron 3 Ultra

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40.51/100

Estimated · Public rank #184

90% interval 30.6–50.4

Decision reading

At least one model is not scored in the current public ranking lane, so the page does not name an overall quality winner.

8 results are shared. Category rows resting on Estimated evidence or different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.

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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

    MiniCPM5-2B is not ranked on the public lane for coding, so no winner is named for coding.

    Confidence: limited

  • Agentic work

    Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion

    Not enough matched evidence

    MiniCPM5-2B is not ranked on the public lane for agentic, so no winner is named for agentic.

    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

    The page does not recommend a cost winner because at least one model cannot fit the stated workload in one request. MiniCPM5-2B does not fit this workload in one request. MiniCPM5-2B has no comparable published API token rate. Nemotron 3 Ultra has no comparable published API token rate.

    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.

Shared results
8
MiniCPM5-2B only
11
Nemotron 3 Ultra only
16
Like-for-like categories
0 / 8

Category results, on a stated basis

Each row shows the public-lane category score for both models: the BenchAlign lane for agentic, coding, and knowledge, and the weighted public rows elsewhere, with the same rank each model page reports. A row is like-for-like only when both scores rest on Supported evidence or the same weighted set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner.

Agentic

Not comparable
MiniCPM5-2B
Not ranked
Nemotron 3 Ultra
27.0
Supported · #143/152
Basis
BenchAlign lane · 2 vs 6 public rows
Reading
Not comparable

Coding

Not comparable
MiniCPM5-2B
Not ranked
Nemotron 3 Ultra
26.6
Supported · #145/151
Basis
BenchAlign lane · 5 vs 7 public rows
Reading
Not comparable

Reasoning

Not comparable
MiniCPM5-2B
Not ranked
Nemotron 3 Ultra
48.7
Unranked · 1 rankable row
Basis
Provisional lane · 1 vs 1 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Knowledge

Not comparable
MiniCPM5-2B
Not ranked
Nemotron 3 Ultra
44.7
Estimated · #111/183
Basis
BenchAlign lane · 5 vs 7 public rows
Reading
Not comparable

Math

Not comparable
MiniCPM5-2B
Not ranked
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Not ranked
Basis
Provisional lane · 2 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multilingual

Not comparable
MiniCPM5-2B
Not ranked
Nemotron 3 Ultra
47.4
#7/12
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 1 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multimodal

Not comparable
MiniCPM5-2B
Not ranked
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Not ranked
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Instruction following

Not comparable
MiniCPM5-2B
Not ranked
Nemotron 3 Ultra
88.8
#28/123
Basis
Provisional lane · 1 vs 1 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Ranks count the models scored in each category’s lane, so the agentic, coding, and knowledge denominators (BenchAlign) differ from the provisional-lane categories. Unranked scores sit on the lane’s scale but never name a winner. Like-for-like rows within 0.5 points read as a practical tie.

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.

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

MiniCPM5-2B
Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
Fits in one request
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
Fits in one request

MiniCPM5-2B 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

MiniCPM5-2B
Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
Fits in one request
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
Fits in one request

MiniCPM5-2B 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

MiniCPM5-2B
Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
Does not fit in one request
Cached-input rate unavailable
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
Fits in one request
Cached-input rate unavailable

MiniCPM5-2B does not fit this workload in one request. MiniCPM5-2B 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.

Cached-input rate

A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.

MiniCPM5-2B

No comparable hosted API rate

OpenBMB MiniCPM5-2B model card

Nemotron 3 Ultra

No comparable hosted API rate

Documented inputs

MiniCPM5-2B

Not sourced

Nemotron 3 Ultra

Not sourced

Documented outputs

MiniCPM5-2B

Not sourced

Nemotron 3 Ultra

Not sourced

Provider availability

MiniCPM5-2B

Not sourced

Nemotron 3 Ultra

Not sourced

Reasoning profile

MiniCPM5-2B

Reasoning

Nemotron 3 Ultra

Reasoning

Weight access

MiniCPM5-2B

Open Weight

Nemotron 3 Ultra

Open Weight

License

MiniCPM5-2B

Open Weight

Nemotron 3 Ultra

Open Weight

Release date

MiniCPM5-2B

2026-09-06

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 evidence35 rows

Agentic

  • BFCL v4

    MiniCPM5-2B66.6%
    Source
    Nemotron 3 Ultra—

    Not directly comparable

  • Terminal-Bench 2.1

    MiniCPM5-2B8.6%
    Source
    Nemotron 3 Ultra—

    Not directly comparable

  • Terminal-Bench 2.0

    MiniCPM5-2B—
    Nemotron 3 Ultra56.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • PinchBench

    MiniCPM5-2B—
    Nemotron 3 Ultra90.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • BrowseComp

    MiniCPM5-2B—
    Nemotron 3 Ultra44.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • τ³-bench results

    MiniCPM5-2B—
    Nemotron 3 Ultra70.9%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • HLE w/ tools

    MiniCPM5-2B—
    Nemotron 3 Ultra37.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals)

    MiniCPM5-2B—
    Nemotron 3 Ultra50.9%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Coding

  • LiveCodeBench v6

    MiniCPM5-2B69.1%
    Source
    Nemotron 3 Ultra89.0%
    Source

    Nemotron 3 Ultra leads this result

  • SciCode

    MiniCPM5-2B26.3%
    Source
    Nemotron 3 Ultra44.6%
    Source

    Nemotron 3 Ultra leads this result

  • SWE-bench Verified

    MiniCPM5-2B46.4%
    Source
    Nemotron 3 Ultra71.9%
    Source

    Nemotron 3 Ultra leads this result

  • SWE-bench Pro

    MiniCPM5-2B14.4%
    Source
    Nemotron 3 Ultra—

    Not directly comparable

  • Terminal-Bench 2.1

    MiniCPM5-2B8.6%
    Source
    Nemotron 3 Ultra—

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE Multilingual

    MiniCPM5-2B—
    Nemotron 3 Ultra67.7%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • Terminal-Bench 2.0

    MiniCPM5-2B—
    Nemotron 3 Ultra56.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • LiveCodeBench (Vals)

    MiniCPM5-2B—
    Nemotron 3 Ultra86.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE-bench (Vals)

    MiniCPM5-2B—
    Nemotron 3 Ultra69.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Reasoning

  • LongBench v2

    MiniCPM5-2B43.7%
    Source
    Nemotron 3 Ultra61.9%
    Source

    Nemotron 3 Ultra leads this result

  • CritPt

    MiniCPM5-2B—
    Nemotron 3 Ultra3.1%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Knowledge

  • MMLU-Pro

    MiniCPM5-2B70.8%
    Source
    Nemotron 3 Ultra86.8%
    Source

    Nemotron 3 Ultra leads this result

  • MMLU-Redux

    MiniCPM5-2B84.7%
    Source
    Nemotron 3 Ultra—

    Not directly comparable

  • HLE

    MiniCPM5-2B8.9%
    Source
    Nemotron 3 Ultra26.7%
    Source

    Nemotron 3 Ultra leads this result

  • GPQA-D

    MiniCPM5-2B70.2%
    Source
    Nemotron 3 Ultra87.0%
    Source

    Nemotron 3 Ultra leads this result

  • SuperGPQA

    MiniCPM5-2B40.8%
    Source
    Nemotron 3 Ultra—

    Not directly comparable

  • GPQA

    MiniCPM5-2B—
    Nemotron 3 Ultra87%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • HLE w/o tools

    MiniCPM5-2B—
    Nemotron 3 Ultra26.7%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • GPQA Diamond (Vals)

    MiniCPM5-2B—
    Nemotron 3 Ultra86.1%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MMLU-Pro (Vals)

    MiniCPM5-2B—
    Nemotron 3 Ultra85.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Math

  • AIME 2025

    MiniCPM5-2B86.5%
    Source
    Nemotron 3 Ultra—

    Not directly comparable

  • AIME26

    MiniCPM5-2B86.5%
    Source
    Nemotron 3 Ultra—

    Not directly comparable

  • HMMT Feb 2026

    MiniCPM5-2B63.8%
    Source
    Nemotron 3 Ultra—

    Not directly comparable

  • MATH-500

    MiniCPM5-2B94.6%
    Source
    Nemotron 3 Ultra—

    Not directly comparable

Multilingual

  • MMLU-ProX

    MiniCPM5-2B—
    Nemotron 3 Ultra83%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Instruction following

  • IFBench

    MiniCPM5-2B66.3%
    Source
    Nemotron 3 Ultra81.7%
    Source

    Nemotron 3 Ultra leads this result

  • IFEval

    MiniCPM5-2B86.7%
    Source
    Nemotron 3 Ultra—

    Not directly comparable

Frequently asked questions

Which is better, MiniCPM5-2B 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, MiniCPM5-2B or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

MiniCPM5-2B is not ranked on the public lane for coding, so no winner is named for coding.

Which is better for agentic tasks, MiniCPM5-2B or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

MiniCPM5-2B is not ranked on the public lane for agentic tasks, so no winner is named for agentic tasks.

Which costs less, MiniCPM5-2B 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, MiniCPM5-2B or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Nemotron 3 Ultra has the larger documented context window: 1M, compared with 131K.

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Last updated September 10, 2026

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