# Nemotron 3 Ultra vs Pareto 26.9

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Nemotron 3 Ultra and Pareto 26.9 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/nemotron-3-ultra-vs-pareto-26-9
- Last updated: September 18, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Nemotron 3 Ultra and Pareto 26.9 share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

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

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Pareto 26.9 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | NVIDIA | Unbiased |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | N/A |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 40.5 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 24 | 4 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $2.50 / $7.50 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 26.9 (Supported · #147/154)
- Pareto 26.9 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Pareto 26.9 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 56.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PinchBench | 90.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 44.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 70.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 37.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 50.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | Coming soon | 51.00% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 26.6 (Supported · #149/154)
- Pareto 26.9 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Pareto 26.9 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 71.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 67.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 89.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | 44.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 56.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 86.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 69.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 74.0% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: Coming soon
- Pareto 26.9 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Pareto 26.9 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 78% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 48.7 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Pareto 26.9 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Pareto 26.9 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | 3.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | 61.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 44.8 (Estimated · #113/184)
- Pareto 26.9 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Pareto 26.9 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 87% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 87.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 26.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 26.7% | 49% | Pareto 26.9 |
| MMLU-Pro | 86.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 86.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 85.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 88.1 (#26/124)
- Pareto 26.9 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Pareto 26.9 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 81.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 47.4 (#7/12)
- Pareto 26.9 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Pareto 26.9 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | 83% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Nemotron 3 Ultra and Pareto 26.9?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, 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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## Explore More

- [Nemotron 3 Ultra profile](/models/nemotron-3-ultra)
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