Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 44.7 on the Noometry Index. Nemotron 3 Ultra costs 3.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.5 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 27 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #29 Confirmed

Nemotron 3 Ultra NVIDIA

44.7

Rank #71 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 27 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher in 7 categories and Nemotron 3 Ultra in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.5 Flash leads 62.7 to 30.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 50% for Gemini 3.5 Flash and 12% for Nemotron 3 Ultra.
  • Nemotron 3 Ultra is cheaper at $0.60 / $2.40 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $9 for Gemini 3.5 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
  • Nemotron 3 Ultra has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash and Nemotron 3 Ultra specifications
Gemini 3.5 FlashNemotron 3 Ultra
ProviderGoogleNVIDIA
Noometry Index54.144.7
Released2026-05-192026-06-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K128K
Input $ / M tokens$1.50$0.60
Output $ / M tokens$9$2.40
Results tracked5429

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 49.1 (#46), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 37.7 (#174)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashNemotron 3 Ultra
SciCode53.1%40.3%
WeirdML62.6%43.5%
LMArena Coding14921468
SWE-bench Verified79.3%—
DeepSWE37.4%—
FrontierCode—13.6%
LMArena WebDev1499—
ALE-Bench911.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 24.8 (#107), Nemotron 3 Ultra: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashNemotron 3 Ultra
APEX-Agents27.5%—
GBAEval6.7%—
GDP.pdf14%—
Vending-Bench 25,396—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 62.7 (#16), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 30.3 (#78)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashNemotron 3 Ultra
CritPt13.1%3.1%
Chess Puzzles50%12%
LMArena Hard Prompts14881452
Mystery Game Puzzles32%20%
DTBench94.7%90.1%
LMCA47.1%36.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.55146.2
ARC-AGI-272.1%—
SimpleBench76.7%—
NYT Connections (extended)92.6%—
ARC-AGI-192.5%—
EnigmaEval25.4%—
EBR-Bench4.8%—
Surface Evolver Bench58.1%—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 60.5 (#30), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 34.4 (#160)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashNemotron 3 Ultra
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%86.7%
ProofBench31%2%
LMArena Math15021456
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)62.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.3%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)39%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 66.3 (#10), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 52.5 (#56)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashNemotron 3 Ultra
GPQA Diamond92.8%85.4%
LMArena Expert14931472
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.7 (#13), Nemotron 3 Ultra: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashNemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Vision1311—
Blueprint-Bench 233.6%—
LMArena Document1463—

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 57.1 (#12), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 53.7 (#61)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashNemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Non-English14751427
LMArena Chinese15251498
LMArena French14901475
LMArena German15001471
LMArena Korean14531387
LMArena Russian14911415
LMArena Spanish14781452
LMArena Japanese1481—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 77.2 (#29), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 74.9 (#84)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashNemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Instruction Following14661417

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.3 (#39), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 43.9 (#77)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashNemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Longer Query14811437

Writing & Preference Too close to call

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 65.5 (#46), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 66.3 (#35)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashNemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text14811444
LMArena Creative Writing14671392
LMArena Multi-Turn14821412
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1692
EQ-Bench 41087—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash better than Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 44.7 on the Noometry Index. Nemotron 3 Ultra costs 3.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.5 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Nemotron 3 Ultra is cheaper. It lists at $0.60 per million input tokens and $2.40 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.5 Flash lists at $1.50 and $9.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash or Nemotron 3 Ultra better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.1 versus 37.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.5 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash and Nemotron 3 Ultra share?

27 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Ultra has 29.

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