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BenchLM
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Model A
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B

NVIDIA

44.58/100

Estimated · Public rank #173

90% interval 33.1–56.1

Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

Updated August 30, 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

NVIDIA

46.32/100

Estimated · Public rank #162

90% interval 36.5–56.2

Decision reading

Nemotron 3 Ultra has the higher public score estimate, 46.32 versus 44.58, but the 90% score intervals overlap. Treat that as a lead, not a settled winner.

5 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.

Shared results
5
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B only
11
Nemotron 3 Ultra only
14
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.

Instruction following

Like-for-like
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
74.2
Nemotron 3 Ultra
81.7
Weighted basis
1 vs 1 rows
Reading
Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Coding

Directional only
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
32.0
Nemotron 3 Ultra
58.3
Weighted basis
1 vs 2 rows
Reading
Directional only

Knowledge

Directional only
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
76.3
Nemotron 3 Ultra
53.8
Weighted basis
2 vs 3 rows
Reading
Directional only

Agentic

Not comparable
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
Not measured
Nemotron 3 Ultra
51.3
Weighted basis
0 vs 2 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Reasoning

Not comparable
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
Not measured
Nemotron 3 Ultra
61.9
Weighted basis
0 vs 1 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Math

Not comparable
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
Not measured
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Not measured
Weighted basis
0 vs 0 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multilingual

Not comparable
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
Not measured
Nemotron 3 Ultra
83.0
Weighted basis
0 vs 1 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multimodal

Not comparable
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
76.3
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Not measured
Weighted basis
1 vs 0 rows
Reading
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.

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

Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
Fits in one request
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
Fits in one request

Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B 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

Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
Fits in one request
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
Fits in one request

Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B 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

Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
Fits in one request
Cached-input rate unavailable
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
Fits in one request
Cached-input rate unavailable

Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B 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.

Context window

Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.

Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B

256K

Nemotron 3 Ultra

1M

API model ID

Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B

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.

Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B

No comparable hosted API rate

Nemotron 3 Ultra

No comparable hosted API rate

Documented inputs

Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B

Not sourced

Nemotron 3 Ultra

Not sourced

Documented outputs

Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B

Not sourced

Nemotron 3 Ultra

Not sourced

Provider availability

Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B

Not sourced

Nemotron 3 Ultra

Not sourced

Reasoning profile

Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B

Reasoning

Nemotron 3 Ultra

Reasoning

Weight access

Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B

Open Weight

Nemotron 3 Ultra

Open Weight

License

Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B

Open Weight

Nemotron 3 Ultra

Open Weight

Release date

Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B

2026-04-28

Nemotron 3 Ultra

2026-06-04

If you already use one of these models
Deployment change
Both entries list NVIDIA as the provider. Confirm endpoint, model ID, limits, and feature support before switching.
Quality signal
Nemotron 3 Ultra has the higher public score estimate, 46.32 versus 44.58, but the 90% score intervals overlap.
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 evidence30 rows

Agentic

  • OSWorld

    Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B47.4%
    Source
    Nemotron 3 Ultra—

    Not directly comparable

  • τ²-bench results

    Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B45.3%
    Source
    Nemotron 3 Ultra—

    Not directly comparable

  • Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B—
    Nemotron 3 Ultra56.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • PinchBench

    Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B—
    Nemotron 3 Ultra90.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • BrowseComp

    Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B—
    Nemotron 3 Ultra44.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • τ³-bench results

    Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B—
    Nemotron 3 Ultra70.9%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • HLE w/ tools

    Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B—
    Nemotron 3 Ultra37.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Coding

  • LiveCodeBench v5

    Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B63.2%
    Source
    Nemotron 3 Ultra—

    Not directly comparable

  • SciCode

    Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B32%
    Source
    Nemotron 3 Ultra44.6%
    Source

    Nemotron 3 Ultra leads this result

  • SWE-bench Verified

    Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B—
    Nemotron 3 Ultra71.9%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE Multilingual

    Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B—
    Nemotron 3 Ultra67.7%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • LiveCodeBench v6

    Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B—
    Nemotron 3 Ultra89.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B—
    Nemotron 3 Ultra56.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Reasoning

  • CritPt

    Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B—
    Nemotron 3 Ultra3.1%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • LongBench v2

    Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B—
    Nemotron 3 Ultra61.9%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Knowledge

  • MMLU-Pro

    Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B77.3%
    Source
    Nemotron 3 Ultra86.8%
    Source

    Nemotron 3 Ultra leads this result

  • GPQA

    Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B72.2%
    Source
    Nemotron 3 Ultra87%
    Source

    Nemotron 3 Ultra leads this result

  • GPQA-D

    Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B72.2%
    Source
    Nemotron 3 Ultra87.0%
    Source

    Nemotron 3 Ultra leads this result

  • HLE

    Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B—
    Nemotron 3 Ultra26.7%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • HLE w/o tools

    Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B—
    Nemotron 3 Ultra26.7%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Math

  • AIME 2025

    Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B82.1%
    Source
    Nemotron 3 Ultra—

    Not directly comparable

Multilingual

  • MMLU-ProX

    Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B—
    Nemotron 3 Ultra83%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Multimodal

  • MMMU

    Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B70.8%
    Source
    Nemotron 3 Ultra—

    Not directly comparable

  • MMLongBench-Doc

    Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B57.5%
    Source
    Nemotron 3 Ultra—

    Not directly comparable

  • CharXiv

    Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B76.3%
    Source
    Nemotron 3 Ultra—

    Not directly comparable

  • ScreenSpot Pro

    Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B57.8%
    Source
    Nemotron 3 Ultra—

    Not directly comparable

  • Video-MME (w/o subtitle)

    Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B72.2%
    Source
    Nemotron 3 Ultra—

    Not directly comparable

  • AI2D_TEST

    Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B88.5%
    Source
    Nemotron 3 Ultra—

    Not directly comparable

  • RefCOCO (avg)

    Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B90.5%
    Source
    Nemotron 3 Ultra—

    Not directly comparable

Instruction following

  • IFBench

    Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B74.2%
    Source
    Nemotron 3 Ultra81.7%
    Source

    Nemotron 3 Ultra leads this result

Frequently asked questions

Which is better, Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Nemotron 3 Ultra has the higher public score estimate, 46.32 versus 44.58, but the 90% score intervals overlap. The higher estimate is not a decisive winner because the uncertainty ranges overlap.

Which is better for coding, Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B 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, Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B 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, Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B 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, Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Nemotron 3 Ultra has the larger documented context window: 1M, compared with 256K.

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Last updated August 30, 2026

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