# Flint vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Flint and Nemotron 3 Ultra across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/flint-40b-a2-5b-vs-nemotron-3-ultra
- Last updated: October 20, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Flint leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Flint has the higher overall point estimate 67 to 46.45. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 94.7 for Flint and 92.1 for Nemotron 3 Ultra.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is LiveCodeBench v6 in Coding, with scores of 80.3% and 89.0%.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Flint | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Recursive | NVIDIA |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 1M |
| Overall Score | null | 46.45 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 5 | 25 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Flint public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 27.7 (Supported · #103/132)

| Benchmark | Flint | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 54.9% | 56.4% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| PinchBench | Coming soon | 90.0% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 44.4% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 70.9% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 37.4% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 50.9% | Coming soon |
| MazeBench | Coming soon | 0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Flint public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 21.7 (Supported · #120/153)

| Benchmark | Flint | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 74.2% | 71.9% | Flint |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 80.3% | 89.0% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 67.7% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 44.6% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 56.4% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 69.0% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Flint public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 69.5 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Flint | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | Coming soon | 3.1% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 61.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Flint public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 50 (Estimated · #84/187)

| Benchmark | Flint | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | Coming soon | 87% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 87.0% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 26.7% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 26.7% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 86.8% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.1% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 85.8% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Flint public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 89.2 (#7/17)

| Benchmark | Flint | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 83% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Flint
- Flint public-lane score: 94.7 (#3/152)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 92.1 (#21/152)

| Benchmark | Flint | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 89.2% | 81.7% | Flint |
| IFEval | 95.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Flint or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Flint has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Flint and Nemotron 3 Ultra?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 94.7 for Flint and 92.1 for Nemotron 3 Ultra.

### How many benchmarks does Flint cover on BenchLM?

Flint currently has 5 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Nemotron 3 Ultra cover on BenchLM?

Nemotron 3 Ultra currently has 25 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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- [Flint profile](/models/flint-40b-a2-5b)
- [Nemotron 3 Ultra profile](/models/nemotron-3-ultra)
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