Model comparison
Claude 3 Sonnet vs Nemotron 3 Super
Nemotron 3 Super is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.1 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIASummary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3 Sonnet scores higher in 1 category and Nemotron 3 Super in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Nemotron 3 Super leads 39.6 to 10.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is WeirdML: 10.2% for Claude 3 Sonnet and 38% for Nemotron 3 Super.
- Nemotron 3 Super has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 3 Sonnet | Nemotron 3 Super | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 40.1 |
| Released | 2024-02-29 | 2026-03-11 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.08 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.45 |
| Results tracked | 30 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3 Super leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 29.6 (#302), Nemotron 3 Super: 39.4 (#158)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 10.2% | 38% |
| LMArena Coding | 1223 | 1403 |
| SciCode | — | 36% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.7% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 53.8% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 213.9 |
| HumanEval+ | 64% | — |
| MBPP+ | 69.3% | — |
Reasoning Claude 3 Sonnet leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 20.5 (#237), Nemotron 3 Super: 18.7 (#276)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1197 | 1386 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 15.4% |
| CritPt | — | 3.1% |
| DTBench | 53.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.7 | — |
| WinoGrande | 75.1% | — |
Math Nemotron 3 Super leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 10.7 (#310), Nemotron 3 Super: 39.6 (#101)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1213 | 1380 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 60.4% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 18.2% | — |
Knowledge Nemotron 3 Super leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 21.1 (#276), Nemotron 3 Super: 38.9 (#139)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1173 | 1398 |
| GPQA Diamond | 40.6% | — |
| MMLU | 75.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 3 Sonnet: 25.2 (#125), Nemotron 3 Super: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 984 | — |
Multilingual Nemotron 3 Super leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 37.8 (#234), Nemotron 3 Super: 48.4 (#144)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1205 | 1355 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1189 | 1432 |
| LMArena French | 1229 | 1405 |
| LMArena German | 1204 | 1341 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1336 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1204 | 1417 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1131 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1128 | — |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3 Super leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 62.8 (#235), Nemotron 3 Super: 71.2 (#154)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1199 | 1347 |
Long Context Nemotron 3 Super leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 36.7 (#228), Nemotron 3 Super: 41.5 (#139)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1211 | 1362 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3 Super leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 42.1 (#238), Nemotron 3 Super: 55.9 (#140)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1218 | 1378 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1186 | 1317 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1227 | 1369 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 3 Sonnet better than Nemotron 3 Super?
Nemotron 3 Super is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.1 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 3 Sonnet or Nemotron 3 Super better for coding?
Nemotron 3 Super scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.4 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 3 Sonnet and Nemotron 3 Super share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3 Sonnet has 30 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Super has 21.