Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Google

29.9

Rank #301 Confirmed

Nemotron 3 Ultra NVIDIA

42.5

Rank #113 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 0 categories and Nemotron 3 Ultra in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nemotron 3 Ultra leads 52.5 to 16.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 4.6% for Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and 86.7% for Nemotron 3 Ultra.
  • Nemotron 3 Ultra has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8BNemotron 3 Ultra
ProviderGoogleNVIDIA
Noometry Index29.942.5
Released2024-10-032026-06-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—128K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.50
Output $ / M tokens—$2.20
Results tracked2130

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Category by category

Coding Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 38.1 (#182)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BNemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Coding12181468
FrontierCode—13.6%
SciCode—40.3%
WeirdML—43.5%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: —, Nemotron 3 Ultra: 23.4 (#126)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BNemotron 3 Ultra
APEX-Agents—22.7%

Reasoning Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 31.0 (#82)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BNemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Hard Prompts12091452
DTBench50%90.1%
CritPt—3.1%
Chess Puzzles—12%
Mystery Game Puzzles—20%
LMCA—36.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index—146.17

Math Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 35.3 (#187)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BNemotron 3 Ultra
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20254.6%86.7%
LMArena Math12071457
ProofBench—2%

Knowledge Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 52.5 (#61)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BNemotron 3 Ultra
GPQA Diamond33%85.4%
LMArena Expert11851472

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115), Nemotron 3 Ultra: —

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BNemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Vision1044—

Multilingual Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 53.5 (#64)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BNemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Non-English12151427
LMArena Chinese12311497
LMArena French12341472
LMArena German12061471
LMArena Korean11401386
LMArena Russian12361417
LMArena Spanish12121454
LMArena Japanese1150—

Instruction Following Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 74.7 (#88)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BNemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Instruction Following11991418

Long Context Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 43.9 (#81)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BNemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Longer Query12191437

Writing & Preference Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 66.3 (#36)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BNemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text12261445
LMArena Creative Writing12181398
LMArena Multi-Turn11851411
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1692

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or Nemotron 3 Ultra better for coding?

Nemotron 3 Ultra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.1 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Nemotron 3 Ultra share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Ultra has 30.

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