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Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 42.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 30 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

Nemotron 3 Ultra NVIDIA

42.5

Rank #113 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 30 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 9 categories and Nemotron 3 Ultra in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 58.8 to 31.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 36% for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 2% for Nemotron 3 Ultra.
  • Nemotron 3 Ultra is cheaper at $0.60 / $2.40 per million input/output tokens, against $0.75 / $3.75 for Gemini 3.6 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.6 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 3.6 FlashNemotron 3 Ultra
ProviderGoogleNVIDIA
Noometry Index54.142.5
Released2026-07-212026-06-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K128K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.60
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$2.40
Results tracked4630

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 38.1 (#182)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashNemotron 3 Ultra
FrontierCode34.4%13.6%
SciCode52.7%40.3%
WeirdML56.1%43.5%
LMArena Coding14911468
DeepSWE46.7%—
LMArena WebDev1538—
ALE-Bench715.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 23.4 (#126)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashNemotron 3 Ultra
APEX-Agents46.9%22.7%
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 31.0 (#82)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashNemotron 3 Ultra
CritPt10.6%3.1%
Chess Puzzles43%12%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851452
Mystery Game Puzzles30%20%
DTBench95.5%90.1%
LMCA44.9%36.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.25146.17
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)89%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 35.3 (#187)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashNemotron 3 Ultra
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%86.7%
ProofBench36%2%
LMArena Math15051457
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 52.5 (#61)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashNemotron 3 Ultra
GPQA Diamond94.1%85.4%
LMArena Expert14881472
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), Nemotron 3 Ultra: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashNemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Vision1298—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 53.5 (#64)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashNemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Non-English14691427
LMArena Chinese15311497
LMArena French15041472
LMArena German14781471
LMArena Korean14311386
LMArena Russian14871417
LMArena Spanish14751454
LMArena Japanese1476—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 74.7 (#88)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashNemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Instruction Following14661418

Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 43.9 (#81)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashNemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Longer Query14741437

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 66.3 (#36)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashNemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text14791445
LMArena Creative Writing14651398
EQ-Bench Creative Writing16041692
LMArena Multi-Turn14811411

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 42.5 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 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 3.6 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Nemotron 3 Ultra better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 38.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.6 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Nemotron 3 Ultra share?

30 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Ultra has 30.

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