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Nemotron 3 Ultra vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 28 shared benchmark results across 7 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

60/100
Margin
5.0pts
winning →
65.05/100
0 category wins6 category wins

Verified leaderboard positions: Nemotron 3 Ultra #24; Qwen3.6 Plus #14

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

Evidence parity. Nemotron 3 Ultra and Qwen3.6 Plus share 28 comparable benchmark results. 6 of 8 categories are comparable. 11 results are unique to Nemotron 3 Ultra; 33 to Qwen3.6 Plus.

Updated July 16, 2026
Shared results
28
Nemotron 3 Ultra only
11
Qwen3.6 Plus only
33
Comparable categories
6 / 8

Pick Qwen3.6 Plus if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nemotron 3 Ultra only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 28 shared benchmark results across 7 evidence categories; 6 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 Plus has the cleaner provisional overall profile here, landing at 63 versus 60. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.

Qwen3.6 Plus's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 70.3 against 58.3. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Verified, 71.9% to 78.8%.

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 Plus
CategoryNemotron 3 UltraΔQwen3.6 Plus
CodingNemotron 3 Ultra58.3Margin→ 12.0Qwen3.6 Plus70.3
AgenticNemotron 3 Ultra51.3Margin→ 10.3Qwen3.6 Plus61.6
KnowledgeNemotron 3 Ultra54.2Margin→ 3.3Qwen3.6 Plus57.5
MultilingualNemotron 3 Ultra83.0Margin→ 1.7Qwen3.6 Plus84.7
Inst. FollowingNemotron 3 Ultra81.7Margin→ 0.6Qwen3.6 Plus82.3
ReasoningNemotron 3 Ultra61.9Margin→ 0.1Qwen3.6 Plus62.0
MathNemotron 3 UltraNot measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.6 Plus60.5
MultimodalNemotron 3 UltraNot measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.6 Plus79.8

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 Plus

  1. SWE-bench Verified

    Coding
    Source ↗
    A 71.9%B 78.8%
    Winner: Qwen3.6 PlusΔ 6.9
    SWE-bench Verified: Nemotron 3 Ultra scored 71.9%; Qwen3.6 Plus scored 78.8%. Qwen3.6 Plus wins this benchmark.

  2. IFBench

    Inst. Following
    Source ↗
    A 81.7%B 75.8%
    Winner: Nemotron 3 UltraΔ 5.9
    IFBench: Nemotron 3 Ultra scored 81.7%; Qwen3.6 Plus scored 75.8%. Nemotron 3 Ultra wins this benchmark.

  3. Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Agentic
    Source ↗
    A 56.4%B 61.6%
    Winner: Qwen3.6 PlusΔ 5.2
    Terminal-Bench 2.0: Nemotron 3 Ultra scored 56.4%; Qwen3.6 Plus scored 61.6%. Qwen3.6 Plus wins this benchmark.

  4. GPQA

    Knowledge
    Source ↗
    A 87%B 90.4%
    Winner: Qwen3.6 PlusΔ 3.4
    GPQA: Nemotron 3 Ultra scored 87%; Qwen3.6 Plus scored 90.4%. Qwen3.6 Plus wins this benchmark.

  5. HLE

    Knowledge
    Source ↗
    A 26.7%B 28.8%
    Winner: Qwen3.6 PlusΔ 2.1
    HLE: Nemotron 3 Ultra scored 26.7%; Qwen3.6 Plus scored 28.8%. Qwen3.6 Plus wins this benchmark.

Operational comparison

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

MetricNemotron 3 UltraQwen3.6 PlusComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensNemotron 3 Ultra$0 input / $0 outputQwen3.6 PlusNot availableA complete price comparison is not available.
Generation speedtokens per secondNemotron 3 UltraNot availableQwen3.6 PlusNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenNemotron 3 UltraNot availableQwen3.6 PlusNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensNemotron 3 Ultra1MQwen3.6 Plus1MListed context windows are equal.

Benchmark Deep Dive

AgenticQwen3.6 Plus wins
BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraQwen3.6 PlusResult
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 56.4%61.6%Qwen3.6 Plus leads
PinchBenchSource 90.0%—Not comparable
BrowseCompSource 44.4%—Not comparable
τ³-bench resultsSource 70.9%70.7%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
GDPval-AASource 33.2%31.8%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
HLE w/ toolsSource 37.4%—Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 27.4%27.6%Qwen3.6 Plus leads
τ²-bench resultsSource 83.3%97.7%Qwen3.6 Plus leads
GDPval-AASource 11641135Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
AA BriefcaseSource 870—Not comparable
AA EnterpriseOps-GymSource 28.9%—Not comparable
AA Harvey LABSource 3.3%—Not comparable
Claw-EvalSource —58.8%Not comparable
QwenClawBenchSource —57.2%Not comparable
VITA-BenchSource —44.3%Not comparable
DeepPlanningSource —41.5%Not comparable
ToolathlonSource —39.8%Not comparable
MCP AtlasSource —48.2%Not comparable
MCP-TasksSource —74.1%Not comparable
WideResearchSource —74.3%Not comparable
Gert LabsSource —50.60%Not comparable
ResearchClawBenchSource —18.0%Not comparable
CodingQwen3.6 Plus wins
BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraQwen3.6 PlusResult
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 71.9%78.8%Qwen3.6 Plus leads
SWE MultilingualSource 67.7%73.8%Qwen3.6 Plus leads
LiveCodeBench v6Source 89.0%87.1%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
SciCodeSource 44.6%—Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 56.4%—Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 49.3%54.5%Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Terminal-Bench HardSource 36.4%43.9%Qwen3.6 Plus leads
AA-SciCodeSource 39.9%40.7%Qwen3.6 Plus leads
SWE-bench ProSource —56.6%Not comparable
Vibe Code BenchSource —25.56%Not comparable
ReasoningQwen3.6 Plus wins
BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraQwen3.6 PlusResult
AA-LCRSource 67.0%69.7%Qwen3.6 Plus leads
CritPtSource 3.1%2.9%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
LongBench v2Source 61.9%62%Qwen3.6 Plus leads
AI-NeedleSource —68.3%Not comparable
KnowledgeQwen3.6 Plus wins
BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraQwen3.6 PlusResult
GPQASource 87%90.4%Qwen3.6 Plus leads
GPQA-DSource 87.0%—Not comparable
HLESource 26.7%28.8%Qwen3.6 Plus leads
HLE w/o toolsSource 26.7%—Not comparable
MMLU-ProSource 86.8%88.5%Qwen3.6 Plus leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 21.6%26.2%Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 37.8%39.6%Qwen3.6 Plus leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 86.7%88.2%Qwen3.6 Plus leads
AA-HLESource 26.6%25.7%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -0.8%2.7%Qwen3.6 Plus leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 28.5%32.0%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
AA Openness IndexSource 83.3%—Not comparable
SuperGPQASource —71.6%Not comparable
MMLU-ReduxSource —94.5%Not comparable
C-EvalSource —93.3%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraQwen3.6 PlusResult
AIME26Source —95.3%Not comparable
HMMT Feb 2025Source —96.7%Not comparable
HMMT Nov 2025Source —94.6%Not comparable
HMMT Feb 2026Source —87.8%Not comparable
MMAnswerBenchSource —83.8%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source —26.207%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)Source —8.333%Not comparable
MultilingualQwen3.6 Plus wins
BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraQwen3.6 PlusResult
MMLU-ProXSource 83%84.7%Qwen3.6 Plus leads
NOVA-63Source —57.9%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraQwen3.6 PlusResult
Design Arena WebsiteSource 11321254Qwen3.6 Plus leads
MMMUSource —86.0%Not comparable
MMMU-ProSource —78.8%Not comparable
MathVisionSource —88.0%Not comparable
VideoMMMUSource —84.0%Not comparable
ScreenSpot ProSource —68.2%Not comparable
CharXivSource —81.5%Not comparable
V*Source —96.9%Not comparable
AA-MMMU-ProSource —78.0%Not comparable
Inst. FollowingQwen3.6 Plus wins
BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraQwen3.6 PlusResult
IFBenchSource 81.7%75.8%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
AA-IFBenchSource 81.4%75.2%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
IFEvalSource —94.3%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (7)

Which is better, Nemotron 3 Ultra or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 63 to 60. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Verified, where the scores are 71.9% and 78.8%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Nemotron 3 Ultra or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 57.5 versus 54.2. Inside this category, AA-Omniscience Accuracy is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Nemotron 3 Ultra or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 70.3 versus 58.3. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench Hard is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Nemotron 3 Ultra or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 62 versus 61.9. Inside this category, AA-LCR is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Nemotron 3 Ultra or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 61.6 versus 51.3. Inside this category, GDPval-AA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Nemotron 3 Ultra or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 82.3 versus 81.7. Inside this category, AA-IFBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Nemotron 3 Ultra or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 84.7 versus 83. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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