Reasoning
Like-for-like- Nemotron 3 Ultra
- 61.9
- Qwen3.6 Plus
- 62.0
- Weighted basis
- 1 vs 1 rows
- Reading
- Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Nemotron 3 Ultra vs Qwen3.6 Plus
Updated August 30, 2026. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty. They are not guarantees for a specific workload.
Decision reading
Qwen3.6 Plus has the higher public score estimate, 64.99 versus 46.32, but the 90% score intervals overlap. Treat that as a lead, not a settled winner.
11 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.
No workload recommendation clears the current evidence threshold.
Use the matched evidence, workload costs, and sourced specifications below instead of treating a point score as a universal answer.
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
The category averages use different weighted benchmark sets, so they are directional rather than like-for-like.
Confidence: limited
Long documents
Prompts that approach the documented context limit
No clear pick
The documented context windows are equal.
Confidence: documented
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.
8 Nemotron 3 Ultra only
11 Shared
32 Qwen3.6 Plus only
- Shared results
- 11
- Nemotron 3 Ultra only
- 8
- Qwen3.6 Plus only
- 32
- Like-for-like categories
- 2 / 8
4 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.
Multilingual
Like-for-like- Nemotron 3 Ultra
- 83.0
- Qwen3.6 Plus
- 84.7
- Weighted basis
- 1 vs 1 rows
- Reading
- Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Agentic
Directional only- Nemotron 3 Ultra
- 51.3
- Qwen3.6 Plus
- 61.6
- Weighted basis
- 2 vs 1 rows
- Reading
- Directional only
Coding
Directional only- Nemotron 3 Ultra
- 58.3
- Qwen3.6 Plus
- 70.3
- Weighted basis
- 2 vs 2 rows
- Reading
- Directional only
Knowledge
Directional only- Nemotron 3 Ultra
- 53.8
- Qwen3.6 Plus
- 57.1
- Weighted basis
- 3 vs 4 rows
- Reading
- Directional only
Instruction following
Directional only- Nemotron 3 Ultra
- 81.7
- Qwen3.6 Plus
- 82.3
- Weighted basis
- 1 vs 2 rows
- Reading
- Directional only
Math
Not comparable- Nemotron 3 Ultra
- Not measured
- Qwen3.6 Plus
- 60.5
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 4 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Multimodal
Not comparable- Nemotron 3 Ultra
- Not measured
- Qwen3.6 Plus
- 79.8
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 2 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
| Category | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen3.6 Plus | Weighted basis | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reasoning | 61.9 | 62.0 | Like-for-like1 vs 1 rows | Qwen3.6 Plus leads |
| Multilingual | 83.0 | 84.7 | Like-for-like1 vs 1 rows | Qwen3.6 Plus leads |
| Agentic | 51.3 | 61.6 | Directional only2 vs 1 rows | Directional only |
| Coding | 58.3 | 70.3 | Directional only2 vs 2 rows | Directional only |
| Knowledge | 53.8 | 57.1 | Directional only3 vs 4 rows | Directional only |
| Instruction following | 81.7 | 82.3 | Directional only1 vs 2 rows | Directional only |
| Math | Not measured | 60.5 | Not comparable0 vs 4 rows | Not comparable |
| Multimodal | Not measured | 79.8 | Not comparable0 vs 2 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.
SWE-bench Verified
Coding
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 71.9%Qwen3.6 Plus: 78.8%Normalized gap 6.9Nemotron 3 Ultra source Qwen3.6 Plus sourceIFBench
Instruction following
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 81.7%Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.8%Normalized gap 5.9Nemotron 3 Ultra source Qwen3.6 Plus sourceTerminal-Bench 2.0
Agentic
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 56.4%Qwen3.6 Plus: 61.6%Normalized gap 5.2Nemotron 3 Ultra source Qwen3.6 Plus sourceGPQA
Knowledge
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 87%Qwen3.6 Plus: 90.4%Normalized gap 3.4Nemotron 3 Ultra source Qwen3.6 Plus sourceHLE
Knowledge
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 26.7%Qwen3.6 Plus: 28.8%Normalized gap 2.1Nemotron 3 Ultra source Qwen3.6 Plus 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
- Nemotron 3 Ultra
- Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
- Fits in one request
- Qwen3.6 Plus
- API rate not published
- Fits in one request
Nemotron 3 Ultra has no comparable published API token rate. Qwen3.6 Plus has no comparable published API token rate.
Repository review
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
- Nemotron 3 Ultra
- Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
- Fits in one request
- Qwen3.6 Plus
- API rate not published
- Fits in one request
Nemotron 3 Ultra has no comparable published API token rate. Qwen3.6 Plus has no comparable published API token rate.
Cache-heavy agent loop
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
- Nemotron 3 Ultra
- Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
- Fits in one request
- Cached-input rate unavailable
- Qwen3.6 Plus
- API rate not published
- Fits in one request
- Cached-input rate unavailable
Nemotron 3 Ultra has no comparable published API token rate. Qwen3.6 Plus 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.
SpecificationNemotron 3 UltraQwen3.6 Plus
Context window
Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.
Nemotron 3 Ultra
1M
Qwen3.6 Plus
1M
API model ID
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Not sourced
Qwen3.6 Plus
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 Ultra
No comparable hosted API rate
Qwen3.6 Plus
No comparable hosted API rate
Documented inputs
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Not sourced
Qwen3.6 Plus
Not sourced
Documented outputs
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Not sourced
Qwen3.6 Plus
Not sourced
Provider availability
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Not sourced
Qwen3.6 Plus
Not sourced
Reasoning profile
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Reasoning
Qwen3.6 Plus
Reasoning
Weight access
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Open Weight
Qwen3.6 Plus
Proprietary
License
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Open Weight
Qwen3.6 Plus
Proprietary
Release date
Nemotron 3 Ultra
2026-06-04
Qwen3.6 Plus
2026-04-02
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
- Qwen3.6 Plus has the higher public score estimate, 64.99 versus 46.32, but the 90% score intervals overlap.
- Workload cost
- A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
- Context tradeoff
- Both models list 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 evidence51 rows
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.0
Nemotron 3 Ultra56.4%SourceQwen3.6 Plus61.6%SourceQwen3.6 Plus leads this result
PinchBench
Nemotron 3 Ultra90.0%SourceQwen3.6 Plus—Not directly comparable
BrowseComp
Nemotron 3 Ultra44.4%SourceQwen3.6 Plus—Not directly comparable
τ³-bench results
Nemotron 3 Ultra70.9%SourceQwen3.6 Plus70.7%SourceNemotron 3 Ultra leads this result
HLE w/ tools
Nemotron 3 Ultra37.4%SourceQwen3.6 Plus—Not directly comparable
Claw-Eval
Nemotron 3 Ultra—Qwen3.6 Plus58.8%SourceNot directly comparable
QwenClawBench
Nemotron 3 Ultra—Qwen3.6 Plus57.2%SourceNot directly comparable
VITA-Bench
Nemotron 3 Ultra—Qwen3.6 Plus44.3%SourceNot directly comparable
DeepPlanning
Nemotron 3 Ultra—Qwen3.6 Plus41.5%SourceNot directly comparable
Toolathlon
Nemotron 3 Ultra—Qwen3.6 Plus39.8%SourceNot directly comparable
MCP Atlas
Nemotron 3 Ultra—Qwen3.6 Plus48.2%SourceNot directly comparable
MCP-Tasks
Nemotron 3 Ultra—Qwen3.6 Plus74.1%SourceNot directly comparable
WideResearch
Nemotron 3 Ultra—Qwen3.6 Plus74.3%SourceNot directly comparable
Gert Labs
Nemotron 3 Ultra—Qwen3.6 Plus50.60%SourceNot directly comparable
ResearchClawBench
Nemotron 3 Ultra—Qwen3.6 Plus18.0%SourceNot directly comparable
Coding
SWE-bench Verified
Nemotron 3 Ultra71.9%SourceQwen3.6 Plus78.8%SourceQwen3.6 Plus leads this result
SWE Multilingual
Nemotron 3 Ultra67.7%SourceQwen3.6 Plus73.8%SourceQwen3.6 Plus leads this result
LiveCodeBench v6
Nemotron 3 Ultra89.0%SourceQwen3.6 Plus87.1%SourceNemotron 3 Ultra leads this result
SciCode
Nemotron 3 Ultra44.6%SourceQwen3.6 Plus—Not directly comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0
Nemotron 3 Ultra56.4%SourceQwen3.6 Plus—Not directly comparable
SWE-bench Pro
Nemotron 3 Ultra—Qwen3.6 Plus56.6%SourceNot directly comparable
Vibe Code Bench
Nemotron 3 Ultra—Qwen3.6 Plus25.56%SourceNot directly comparable
Reasoning
Knowledge
GPQA
Nemotron 3 Ultra87%SourceQwen3.6 Plus90.4%SourceQwen3.6 Plus leads this result
GPQA-D
Nemotron 3 Ultra87.0%SourceQwen3.6 Plus—Not directly comparable
HLE
Nemotron 3 Ultra26.7%SourceQwen3.6 Plus28.8%SourceQwen3.6 Plus leads this result
HLE w/o tools
Nemotron 3 Ultra26.7%SourceQwen3.6 Plus—Not directly comparable
MMLU-Pro
Nemotron 3 Ultra86.8%SourceQwen3.6 Plus88.5%SourceQwen3.6 Plus leads this result
SuperGPQA
Nemotron 3 Ultra—Qwen3.6 Plus71.6%SourceNot directly comparable
MMLU-Redux
Nemotron 3 Ultra—Qwen3.6 Plus94.5%SourceNot directly comparable
C-Eval
Nemotron 3 Ultra—Qwen3.6 Plus93.3%SourceNot directly comparable
Math
AIME26
Nemotron 3 Ultra—Qwen3.6 Plus95.3%SourceNot directly comparable
HMMT Feb 2025
Nemotron 3 Ultra—Qwen3.6 Plus96.7%SourceNot directly comparable
HMMT Nov 2025
Nemotron 3 Ultra—Qwen3.6 Plus94.6%SourceNot directly comparable
HMMT Feb 2026
Nemotron 3 Ultra—Qwen3.6 Plus87.8%SourceNot directly comparable
MMAnswerBench
Nemotron 3 Ultra—Qwen3.6 Plus83.8%SourceNot directly comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)
Nemotron 3 Ultra—Qwen3.6 Plus26.207%SourceNot directly comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)
Nemotron 3 Ultra—Qwen3.6 Plus8.333%SourceNot directly comparable
Multilingual
Multimodal
MMMU
Nemotron 3 Ultra—Qwen3.6 Plus86.0%SourceNot directly comparable
MMMU-Pro
Nemotron 3 Ultra—Qwen3.6 Plus78.8%SourceNot directly comparable
MathVision
Nemotron 3 Ultra—Qwen3.6 Plus88.0%SourceNot directly comparable
VideoMMMU
Nemotron 3 Ultra—Qwen3.6 Plus84.0%SourceNot directly comparable
ScreenSpot Pro
Nemotron 3 Ultra—Qwen3.6 Plus68.2%SourceNot directly comparable
CharXiv
Nemotron 3 Ultra—Qwen3.6 Plus81.5%SourceNot directly comparable
V*
Nemotron 3 Ultra—Qwen3.6 Plus96.9%SourceNot directly comparable
Instruction following
Frequently asked questions
Which is better, Nemotron 3 Ultra or Qwen3.6 Plus?
Qwen3.6 Plus has the higher public score estimate, 64.99 versus 46.32, 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 Ultra or Qwen3.6 Plus?
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 Ultra or Qwen3.6 Plus?
The current agentic tasks 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 costs less, Nemotron 3 Ultra or Qwen3.6 Plus?
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 Ultra or Qwen3.6 Plus?
Both models list the same context window, 1M.
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