o1 vs Nemotron Ultra 253B

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.

o1 finishes one point ahead overall, 51 to 50. That is enough to call, but not enough to treat as a blowout. This matchup comes down to a few meaningful edges rather than one model dominating the board.

o1's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 83.8 against 43.5. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMLU, 91.8 to 49.

o1 gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 32K for Nemotron Ultra 253B.

Quick Verdict

Pick o1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nemotron Ultra 253B only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Knowledge

o1

o1

83.8

Nemotron Ultra 253B

43.5

91.8
MMLU
49
75.7
GPQA
48
-
SuperGPQA
46
-
OpenBookQA
44
-
MMLU-Pro
63
-
HLE
11

Coding

o1

o1

41

Nemotron Ultra 253B

34

41
SWE-bench Verified
31
-
HumanEval
41
-
LiveCodeBench
30

Mathematics

o1

o1

74.3

Nemotron Ultra 253B

51.3

74.3
AIME 2024
51
-
AIME 2023
49
-
AIME 2025
50
-
HMMT Feb 2023
45
-
HMMT Feb 2024
47
-
HMMT Feb 2025
46
-
BRUMO 2025
48
-
MATH-500
74

Reasoning

Nemotron Ultra 253B
-
SimpleQA
47
-
MuSR
45
-
BBH
77

Instruction Following

o1

o1

92.2

Nemotron Ultra 253B

78

92.2
IFEval
78

Multilingual

Nemotron Ultra 253B
-
MGSM
74

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, o1 or Nemotron Ultra 253B?

o1 is ahead overall, 51 to 50. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 91.8 and 49.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, o1 or Nemotron Ultra 253B?

o1 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 83.8 versus 43.5. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, o1 or Nemotron Ultra 253B?

o1 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 41 versus 34. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, o1 or Nemotron Ultra 253B?

o1 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 74.3 versus 51.3. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, o1 or Nemotron Ultra 253B?

o1 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 92.2 versus 78. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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