# Gemma 4 26B A4B vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemma 4 26B A4B and Nemotron 3 Ultra across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemma-4-26b-a4b-vs-nemotron-3-ultra
- Last updated: September 15, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Gemma 4 26B A4B and Nemotron 3 Ultra share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | NVIDIA |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 55.1 | 40.39 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 4 | 24 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 51.8 (Estimated · #42/153)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 26.9 (Supported · #144/153)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| 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 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 50.9% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 41.3 (Supported · #110/152)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 26.6 (Supported · #146/152)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| 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 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 69.0% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 44.1 (#41/48)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 73.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 66.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 48.7 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | Coming soon | 3.1% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 61.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 43.3 (Supported · #119/183)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 44.7 (Estimated · #112/183)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 82.6% | 86.8% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| HLE | 17.2% | 26.7% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| HLE w/o tools | 8.7% | 26.7% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 87% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 87.0% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.1% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 85.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 88.7 (#30/123)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 88.8 (#28/123)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 81.7% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 47.4 (#7/12)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 83% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Gemma 4 26B A4B and Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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- [Gemma 4 26B A4B profile](/models/gemma-4-26b-a4b)
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