Nemotron Ultra 253B vs o1-pro

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

Nemotron Ultra 253B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 50 to 33. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

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

Quick Verdict

Pick Nemotron Ultra 253B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. o1-pro only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you need the larger 200K context window.

Knowledge

o1-pro

Nemotron Ultra 253B

43.5

o1-pro

79

49
MMLU
-
48
GPQA
79
46
SuperGPQA
-
44
OpenBookQA
-
63
MMLU-Pro
-
11
HLE
-

Coding

Nemotron Ultra 253B
41
HumanEval
-
31
SWE-bench Verified
-
30
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

o1-pro

Nemotron Ultra 253B

51.3

o1-pro

86

49
AIME 2023
-
51
AIME 2024
86
50
AIME 2025
-
45
HMMT Feb 2023
-
47
HMMT Feb 2024
-
46
HMMT Feb 2025
-
48
BRUMO 2025
-
74
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

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

Instruction Following

Nemotron Ultra 253B
78
IFEval
-

Multilingual

Nemotron Ultra 253B
74
MGSM
-

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Nemotron Ultra 253B or o1-pro?

Nemotron Ultra 253B is ahead overall, 50 to 33. The biggest single separator in this matchup is AIME 2024, where the scores are 51 and 86.

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

o1-pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 79 versus 43.5. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

o1-pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 86 versus 51.3. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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