# Nemotron 3 Ultra vs Qwen3.8-27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Nemotron 3 Ultra and Qwen3.8-27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/nemotron-3-ultra-vs-qwen3-8-27b
- Last updated: September 28, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 13
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3.8-27B 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

- Qwen3.8-27B leads overall 55.26 to 43.01.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 25.5 for Nemotron 3 Ultra and 61.2 for Qwen3.8-27B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench (Vals) in Coding, with scores of 69.0% and 86.0%.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen3.8-27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | NVIDIA | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Overall Score | 43.01 | 55.26 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 24 | 33 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Qwen3.8-27B
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 25.5 (Supported · #90/117)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 61.2 (Supported · #18/117)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 56.4% | 73.0% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| 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% | 58.4% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| CoWorkBench | Coming soon | 70.7% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 33.4% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 42.9% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 84.3% | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | Coming soon | 64.8% | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | Coming soon | 81.9% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Qwen3.8-27B
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 22.7 (Supported · #113/142)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 48.7 (Supported · #45/142)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 71.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 67.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 89.0% | 90.3% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| SciCode | 44.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 56.4% | 73.0% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 86.0% | 84.0% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 69.0% | 86.0% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 61.7% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 42.3% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 42.2% | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | Coming soon | 82.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Directional only
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 51.8 (#26/27)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 78.7 (#8/27)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | 3.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | 61.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 80.9 (#11/50)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MathVision | Coming soon | 90.0% | Coming soon |
| MathVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 94.6% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | Coming soon | 65.7% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |
| Vision2Web | Coming soon | 62.9% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 83.7% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 90.2% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 91.1% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 85.9% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 65.5% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 45.8 (Estimated · #76/168)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 49.2 (Supported · #63/168)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 87% | 89.2% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| GPQA-D | 87.0% | 89.2% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| HLE | 26.7% | 30.8% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| HLE w/o tools | 26.7% | 30.8% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| MMLU-Pro | 86.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 86.1% | 88.9% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 85.8% | 84.3% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 47.4 (#7/12)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | 83% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Nemotron 3 Ultra
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 88.1 (#26/124)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 83.2 (#45/124)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 81.7% | 79.5% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Nemotron 3 Ultra or Qwen3.8-27B?

Qwen3.8-27B is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Nemotron 3 Ultra and Qwen3.8-27B?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 25.5 for Nemotron 3 Ultra and 61.2 for Qwen3.8-27B.

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

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

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.8-27B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.8-27B currently has 33 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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