# MAI-Thinking-1 vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MAI-Thinking-1 and Nemotron 3 Ultra across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/mai-thinking-1-vs-nemotron-3-ultra
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick MAI-Thinking-1 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

- MAI-Thinking-1 leads overall 52.27 to 40.67.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 51.7 for MAI-Thinking-1 and 22.2 for Nemotron 3 Ultra.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.0 in Agentic, with scores of 46% and 56.4%.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MAI-Thinking-1 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Microsoft | NVIDIA |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 52.27 | 40.67 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 24 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 51.7 (Estimated · #53/151)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 22.2 (Supported · #150/151)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 46% | 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 |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 51.8 (Estimated · #60/183)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 26.9 (Supported · #174/183)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 87.7% | 89.0% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| SWE-bench Verified | 73.5% | 71.9% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 52.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 46.0% | 56.4% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 67.7% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 44.6% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 69.0% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 48.7 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Graphwalks BFS 128K | 90% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CritPt | Coming soon | 3.1% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 61.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 53.3 (Estimated · #68/181)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 45.6 (Estimated · #114/181)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 84.2% | 87% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| GPQA-D | 84.2% | 87.0% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| MMLU-Pro | 85% | 86.8% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| SimpleQA | 31% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 26.7% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 26.7% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.1% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 85.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: MAI-Thinking-1
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 94.7 (#1/120)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 88.7 (#28/120)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 85% | 81.7% | MAI-Thinking-1 |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 47.4 (#7/12)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 83% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 73.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 97% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | 94.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 84.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, MAI-Thinking-1 or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

MAI-Thinking-1 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between MAI-Thinking-1 and Nemotron 3 Ultra?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 51.7 for MAI-Thinking-1 and 22.2 for Nemotron 3 Ultra.

### How many benchmarks does MAI-Thinking-1 cover on BenchLM?

MAI-Thinking-1 currently has 14 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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