# Ling 3.0 Flash vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Ling 3.0 Flash and Nemotron 3 Ultra across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/ling-3-0-flash-vs-nemotron-3-ultra
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 12
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Ling 3.0 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

- Ling 3.0 Flash leads overall 52.2 to 40.67.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 69.2 for Ling 3.0 Flash and 48.7 for Nemotron 3 Ultra.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is BrowseComp in Agentic, with scores of 72.2% and 44.4%.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Ling 3.0 Flash | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | InclusionAI | NVIDIA |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 52.2 | 40.67 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 22 | 24 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Ling 3.0 Flash
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 40 (Supported · #121/151)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 22.2 (Supported · #150/151)

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MCP Atlas | 65.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | 44.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | 73.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 73.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 72.2% | 44.4% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| DRACO | 70.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 50.2% | 50.9% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 56.4% | Coming soon |
| PinchBench | Coming soon | 90.0% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 70.9% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 37.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 42.8 (Estimated · #126/183)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 26.9 (Supported · #174/183)

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 56.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 72.4% | 67.7% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| LiveCodeBench v5 | 82.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | 41.2% | 44.6% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 84.0% | 86.0% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 65.2% | 69.0% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 71.9% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 89.0% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 56.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 69.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 48.7 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | Coming soon | 3.1% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 61.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 45.9 (Supported · #112/181)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 45.6 (Estimated · #114/181)

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 85.0% | 87% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| GPQA-D | 85.0% | 87.0% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| HLE | 22.7% | 26.7% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 84.8% | 86.1% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 82.0% | 85.8% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 26.7% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 86.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Nemotron 3 Ultra
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 75.6 (#58/120)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 88.7 (#28/120)

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 74.5% | 81.7% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 47.4 (#7/12)

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 83% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 73.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 93.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 87.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | 83.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Ling 3.0 Flash or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Ling 3.0 Flash is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Ling 3.0 Flash and Nemotron 3 Ultra?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 69.2 for Ling 3.0 Flash and 48.7 for Nemotron 3 Ultra.

### How many benchmarks does Ling 3.0 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Ling 3.0 Flash currently has 22 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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- [Nemotron 3 Ultra vs Ling 3.0 Flash Fin](/compare/ling-3-0-flash-fin-vs-nemotron-3-ultra)

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