# Nemotron 3 Ultra vs ZAYA1-VL-8B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Nemotron 3 Ultra and ZAYA1-VL-8B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/nemotron-3-ultra-vs-zaya1-vl-8b
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for Nemotron 3 Ultra and ZAYA1-VL-8B.

## Summary

- Nemotron 3 Ultra and ZAYA1-VL-8B do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Nemotron 3 Ultra | ZAYA1-VL-8B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | NVIDIA | Zyphra |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 131K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 40.51 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 24 | 5 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 27 (Supported · #143/152)
- ZAYA1-VL-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | ZAYA1-VL-8B | 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 |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 26.6 (Supported · #145/151)
- ZAYA1-VL-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | ZAYA1-VL-8B | 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 |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-VL-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | ZAYA1-VL-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AI2D_TEST | Coming soon | 87.5% | Coming soon |
| MMMU | Coming soon | 46.0% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 65.0% | Coming soon |
| CountBench | Coming soon | 88.1% | Coming soon |
| RefCOCO (avg) | Coming soon | 84.3% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 48.7 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- ZAYA1-VL-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | ZAYA1-VL-8B | 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: 44.7 (Estimated · #111/183)
- ZAYA1-VL-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | ZAYA1-VL-8B | 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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: 88.8 (#28/123)
- ZAYA1-VL-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | ZAYA1-VL-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 81.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 47.4 (#7/12)
- ZAYA1-VL-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | ZAYA1-VL-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | 83% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare Nemotron 3 Ultra and ZAYA1-VL-8B on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

## Related Comparisons

- [Nemotron 3 Ultra vs ZAYA1-8B](/compare/nemotron-3-ultra-vs-zaya1-8b)
- [ZAYA1-VL-8B vs ZAYA1-8B](/compare/zaya1-8b-vs-zaya1-vl-8b)
- [Nemotron 3 Ultra vs ZAYA1-74B-Preview](/compare/nemotron-3-ultra-vs-zaya1-74b-preview)
- [ZAYA1-VL-8B vs ZAYA1-74B-Preview](/compare/zaya1-74b-preview-vs-zaya1-vl-8b)

## Explore More

- [Nemotron 3 Ultra profile](/models/nemotron-3-ultra)
- [ZAYA1-VL-8B profile](/models/zaya1-vl-8b)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
- [Alternative Finder](/tools/alternative-finder)
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