Head-to-head comparison across 3benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Nemotron 3 Ultra
67
Sakana Fugu Ultra
100
Verified leaderboard positions: Nemotron 3 Ultra #24 · Sakana Fugu Ultra unranked
Pick Sakana Fugu Ultra if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nemotron 3 Ultra only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.
Agentic
+30.4 difference
Coding
+9.3 difference
Knowledge
+32.9 difference
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Sakana Fugu Ultra
$0 / $0
$5 / $30
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Pick Sakana Fugu Ultra if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nemotron 3 Ultra only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.
Sakana Fugu Ultra is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 100 to 67. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Sakana Fugu Ultra's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 95.5 against 62.6. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is Terminal-Bench 2.0, 56.4% to 82.1%.
Sakana Fugu Ultra is also the more expensive model on tokens at $5.00 input / $30.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Nemotron 3 Ultra. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone.
Sakana Fugu Ultra is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 100 to 67. The biggest single separator in this matchup is Terminal-Bench 2.0, where the scores are 56.4% and 82.1%.
Sakana Fugu Ultra has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 95.5 versus 62.6. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Sakana Fugu Ultra has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 83.5 versus 74.2. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Sakana Fugu Ultra has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.1 versus 51.7. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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