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Nemotron 3 Ultra vs Qwen3.6-27B

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 23 shared benchmark results across 5 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

60/100
Margin
6.3pts
← winning
53.73/100
1 category wins2 category wins

Verified leaderboard positions: Nemotron 3 Ultra #24; Qwen3.6-27B #27

BenchAlign evidence: Nemotron 3 Ultra not scored; Qwen3.6-27B estimated. Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Nemotron 3 Ultra and Qwen3.6-27B share 23 comparable benchmark results. 3 of 8 categories are comparable. 16 results are unique to Nemotron 3 Ultra; 32 to Qwen3.6-27B.

Updated July 16, 2026
Shared results
23
Nemotron 3 Ultra only
16
Qwen3.6-27B only
32
Comparable categories
3 / 8

Pick Qwen3.6-27B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nemotron 3 Ultra only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you need the larger 1M context window.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 23 shared benchmark results across 5 evidence categories; 3 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

Qwen3.6-27B is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 66 to 60. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Qwen3.6-27B's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 77.5 against 58.3. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Verified, 71.9% to 77.2%. Nemotron 3 Ultra does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Nemotron 3 Ultra gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 262K for Qwen3.6-27B.

Category breakdown

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

Category scores and score margins for Nemotron 3 Ultra and Qwen3.6-27B
CategoryNemotron 3 UltraΔQwen3.6-27B
CodingNemotron 3 Ultra58.3Margin→ 19.2Qwen3.6-27B77.5
AgenticNemotron 3 Ultra51.3Margin→ 8.0Qwen3.6-27B59.3
KnowledgeNemotron 3 Ultra54.2Margin← 0.6Qwen3.6-27B53.6
ReasoningNemotron 3 Ultra61.9MarginNo overlapQwen3.6-27BNot measured
MathNemotron 3 UltraNot measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.6-27B89.2
MultilingualNemotron 3 Ultra83.0MarginNo overlapQwen3.6-27BNot measured
MultimodalNemotron 3 UltraNot measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.6-27B76.7
Inst. FollowingNemotron 3 Ultra81.7MarginNo overlapQwen3.6-27BNot measured

Decisive benchmark drivers

The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.

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A · Nemotron 3 UltraB · Qwen3.6-27B

  1. SWE-bench Verified

    Coding
    Source ↗
    A 71.9%B 77.2%
    Winner: Qwen3.6-27BΔ 5.3
    SWE-bench Verified: Nemotron 3 Ultra scored 71.9%; Qwen3.6-27B scored 77.2%. Qwen3.6-27B wins this benchmark.

  2. Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Agentic
    Source ↗
    A 56.4%B 59.3%
    Winner: Qwen3.6-27BΔ 2.9
    Terminal-Bench 2.0: Nemotron 3 Ultra scored 56.4%; Qwen3.6-27B scored 59.3%. Qwen3.6-27B wins this benchmark.

  3. HLE

    Knowledge
    Source ↗
    A 26.7%B 24%
    Winner: Nemotron 3 UltraΔ 2.7
    HLE: Nemotron 3 Ultra scored 26.7%; Qwen3.6-27B scored 24%. Nemotron 3 Ultra wins this benchmark.

  4. GPQA

    Knowledge
    Source ↗
    A 87%B 87.8%
    Winner: Qwen3.6-27BΔ 0.8
    GPQA: Nemotron 3 Ultra scored 87%; Qwen3.6-27B scored 87.8%. Qwen3.6-27B wins this benchmark.

  5. MMLU-Pro

    Knowledge
    Source ↗
    A 86.8%B 86.2%
    Winner: Nemotron 3 UltraΔ 0.6
    MMLU-Pro: Nemotron 3 Ultra scored 86.8%; Qwen3.6-27B scored 86.2%. Nemotron 3 Ultra wins this benchmark.

Operational comparison

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

MetricNemotron 3 UltraQwen3.6-27BComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensNemotron 3 Ultra$0 input / $0 outputQwen3.6-27B$0 input / $0 outputListed prices are equal.
Generation speedtokens per secondNemotron 3 UltraNot availableQwen3.6-27BNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenNemotron 3 UltraNot availableQwen3.6-27BNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensNemotron 3 Ultra1MQwen3.6-27B262KNemotron 3 Ultra lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

AgenticQwen3.6-27B wins
BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraQwen3.6-27BResult
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 56.4%59.3%Qwen3.6-27B leads
PinchBenchSource 90.0%—Not comparable
BrowseCompSource 44.4%—Not comparable
τ³-bench resultsSource 70.9%—Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 33.2%32.0%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
HLE w/ toolsSource 37.4%—Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 27.4%27.0%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
τ²-bench resultsSource 83.3%94.2%Qwen3.6-27B leads
GDPval-AASource 11641140Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
AA BriefcaseSource 870—Not comparable
AA EnterpriseOps-GymSource 28.9%—Not comparable
AA Harvey LABSource 3.3%—Not comparable
Claw-EvalSource —72.4%Not comparable
QwenClawBenchSource —53.4%Not comparable
QwenWebBenchSource —1487Not comparable
AndroidWorldSource —70.3%Not comparable
Gert LabsSource —54.84%Not comparable
CodingQwen3.6-27B wins
BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraQwen3.6-27BResult
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 71.9%77.2%Qwen3.6-27B leads
SWE MultilingualSource 67.7%71.3%Qwen3.6-27B leads
LiveCodeBench v6Source 89.0%—Not comparable
SciCodeSource 44.6%—Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 56.4%59.3%Qwen3.6-27B leads
AA Coding IndexSource 49.3%53.7%Qwen3.6-27B leads
Terminal-Bench HardSource 36.4%34.8%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
AA-SciCodeSource 39.9%39.8%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
SWE-bench ProSource —53.5%Not comparable
LiveCodeBenchSource —83.9%Not comparable
NL2RepoSource —36.2%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraQwen3.6-27BResult
AA-LCRSource 67.0%68.7%Qwen3.6-27B leads
CritPtSource 3.1%1.1%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
LongBench v2Source 61.9%—Not comparable
KnowledgeNemotron 3 Ultra wins
BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraQwen3.6-27BResult
GPQASource 87%87.8%Qwen3.6-27B leads
GPQA-DSource 87.0%—Not comparable
HLESource 26.7%24%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
HLE w/o toolsSource 26.7%—Not comparable
MMLU-ProSource 86.8%86.2%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 21.6%19.2%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 37.8%37.0%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 86.7%84.2%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
AA-HLESource 26.6%21.6%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -0.8%-19.8%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 28.5%48.3%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
AA Openness IndexSource 83.3%—Not comparable
MMLU-ReduxSource —93.5%Not comparable
SuperGPQASource —66%Not comparable
C-EvalSource —91.4%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraQwen3.6-27BResult
HMMT Feb 2025Source —93.8%Not comparable
HMMT Nov 2025Source —90.7%Not comparable
HMMT Feb 2026Source —84.3%Not comparable
MMAnswerBenchSource —80.8%Not comparable
AIME26Source —94.1%Not comparable
Multilingual
BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraQwen3.6-27BResult
MMLU-ProXSource 83%—Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraQwen3.6-27BResult
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1132—Not comparable
MMMUSource —82.9%Not comparable
MMMU-ProSource —75.8%Not comparable
RealWorldQASource —84.1%Not comparable
DynaMathSource —85.6%Not comparable
MStarSource —81.4%Not comparable
SimpleVQASource —56.1%Not comparable
CharXivSource —78.4%Not comparable
CC-OCRSource —81.2%Not comparable
CountBenchSource —97.8%Not comparable
RefCOCO (avg)Source —92.5%Not comparable
ERQASource —62.5%Not comparable
Video-MME (with subtitle)Source —87.7%Not comparable
VideoMMMUSource —84.4%Not comparable
MLVU (M-Avg)Source —86.6%Not comparable
V*Source —94.7%Not comparable
AA-MMMU-ProSource —74.6%Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraQwen3.6-27BResult
IFBenchSource 81.7%—Not comparable
AA-IFBenchSource 81.4%67.6%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Frequently Asked Questions (4)

Which is better, Nemotron 3 Ultra or Qwen3.6-27B?

Qwen3.6-27B is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 66 to 60. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Verified, where the scores are 71.9% and 77.2%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Nemotron 3 Ultra or Qwen3.6-27B?

Nemotron 3 Ultra has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 54.2 versus 53.6. Inside this category, AA-Omniscience Hallucination Rate is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Nemotron 3 Ultra or Qwen3.6-27B?

Qwen3.6-27B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 77.5 versus 58.3. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Nemotron 3 Ultra or Qwen3.6-27B?

Qwen3.6-27B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 59.3 versus 51.3. Inside this category, GDPval-AA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Self-host vs API cost

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

Nemotron 3 Ultra
API / mo$0
Self-host / moNot listed
Break-even—
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Qwen3.6-27B
API / mo$0
Self-host / mo$429
Break-even—
Model the full break-even

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