# Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Nemotron 3 Ultra across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-6-flash-vs-nemotron-3-ultra
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 3.6 Flash if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nemotron 3 Ultra only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Gemini 3.6 Flash leads overall 70.11 to 40.69.
- The clearest category separation is in coding, where the averages are 58.9 for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 26.9 for Nemotron 3 Ultra.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) in Agentic, with scores of 73.8% and 50.9%.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | NVIDIA |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 70.11 | 40.69 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 8 | 24 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.50 / $7.50 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Gemini 3.6 Flash
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 50.7 (Supported · #60/151)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 22.3 (Supported · #150/151)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OSWorld-Verified | 83% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 73.8% | 50.9% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 56.4% | Coming soon |
| 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 |

### Coding

- Winner: Gemini 3.6 Flash
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 58.9 (Supported · #30/183)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 26.9 (Supported · #174/183)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| deepSwe | 49% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | 53.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 88.1% | 86.0% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 79.6% | 69.0% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 71.9% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 67.7% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 89.0% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 44.6% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 56.4% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 82.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: Coming soon

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 77.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 48.7 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | Coming soon | 3.1% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 61.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 68.6 (Supported · #18/181)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 45.7 (Estimated · #114/181)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 93.4% | 86.1% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.3% | 85.8% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| 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 |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 88.7 (#28/120)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 81.7% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 47.4 (#7/12)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 83% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 3.6 Flash and Nemotron 3 Ultra?

The widest category gap is in coding, where the averages are 58.9 for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 26.9 for Nemotron 3 Ultra.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 3.6 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 3.6 Flash currently has 8 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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

Nemotron 3 Ultra currently has 24 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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