Model comparison

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs Nemotron 3 Super

Nemotron 3 Super is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.6 to 36.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Google

36.4

Rank #208 Confirmed

Nemotron 3 Super NVIDIA

39.6

Rank #147 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite scores higher in 3 categories and Nemotron 3 Super in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in long context, where Nemotron 3 Super leads 41.5 to 33.3.
  • Both cost about the same: $0.10 input and $0.40 output per million tokens.
  • Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
  • Nemotron 3 Super has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Nemotron 3 Super specifications
Gemini 2.5 Flash-LiteNemotron 3 Super
ProviderGoogleNVIDIA
Noometry Index36.439.6
Released2025-06-172026-03-11
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.10$0.08
Output $ / M tokens$0.40$0.45
Results tracked3321

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.0 (#167), Nemotron 3 Super: 38.9 (#153)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteNemotron 3 Super
WeirdML35.2%38%
LMArena Coding13731403
ALE-Bench325.9213.9
SciCode—36%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 27.8 (#89), Nemotron 3 Super: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteNemotron 3 Super
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard36.9%—

Reasoning Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 21.5 (#196), Nemotron 3 Super: 17.9 (#274)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteNemotron 3 Super
LMArena Hard Prompts13771386
Kagi LLM Benchmark40.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)—15.4%
CritPt—3.1%
DTBench62.8%—
LMCA18.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index133.93—

Math Nemotron 3 Super leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 35.5 (#144), Nemotron 3 Super: 37.6 (#95)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteNemotron 3 Super
LMArena Math13731381
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—60.4%
Omni-MATH48%—

Knowledge Nemotron 3 Super leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 32.1 (#206), Nemotron 3 Super: 38.2 (#136)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteNemotron 3 Super
LMArena Expert13731397
MMLU-Pro53.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate3.3%—
GPQA (HELM)30.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 28.6 (#109), Nemotron 3 Super: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteNemotron 3 Super
LMArena Vision1198—
VPCT30%—

Multilingual Too close to call

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 49.5 (#129), Nemotron 3 Super: 48.6 (#139)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteNemotron 3 Super
LMArena Non-English13691356
LMArena Chinese14041430
LMArena French13881404
LMArena German13901341
LMArena Russian13731336
LMArena Spanish13961417
LMArena Japanese1359—
LMArena Korean1358—

Instruction Following Nemotron 3 Super leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 70.2 (#163), Nemotron 3 Super: 71.4 (#149)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteNemotron 3 Super
LMArena Instruction Following13661347
IFEval81%—

Long Context Nemotron 3 Super leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 33.3 (#257), Nemotron 3 Super: 41.5 (#134)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteNemotron 3 Super
LMArena Longer Query13731362
Fiction.LiveBench47.2%—

Writing & Preference Too close to call

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 57.0 (#130), Nemotron 3 Super: 56.1 (#135)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteNemotron 3 Super
LMArena Text13791378
LMArena Creative Writing13661317
LMArena Multi-Turn13671369
WildBench81.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite better than Nemotron 3 Super?

Nemotron 3 Super is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.6 to 36.4 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite or Nemotron 3 Super?

Nemotron 3 Super is cheaper. It lists at $0.08 per million input tokens and $0.45 per million output tokens; Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite lists at $0.10 and $0.40.

Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite or Nemotron 3 Super better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (38.0 vs 38.9); test both on your own repository before choosing.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Nemotron 3 Super share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has 33 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Super has 21.

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