Model comparison

Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 42.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 25 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Flash Preview Google

52.3

Rank #40 Confirmed

Nemotron 3 Ultra NVIDIA

42.5

Rank #113 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher in 8 categories and Nemotron 3 Ultra in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads 49.2 to 31.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 40% for Gemini 3 Flash Preview and 12% for Nemotron 3 Ultra.
  • Nemotron 3 Ultra is cheaper at $0.50 / $2.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $3 for Gemini 3 Flash Preview.
  • Gemini 3 Flash Preview 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 Flash Preview and Nemotron 3 Ultra specifications
Gemini 3 Flash PreviewNemotron 3 Ultra
ProviderGoogleNVIDIA
Noometry Index52.342.5
Released2025-12-172026-06-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K128K
Input $ / M tokens$0.50$0.50
Output $ / M tokens$3$2.20
Results tracked5930

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 50.9 (#42), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 38.1 (#182)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewNemotron 3 Ultra
WeirdML61.6%43.5%
LMArena Coding14601468
SWE-bench Verified75.4%—
FrontierCode—13.6%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)75.8%—
LMArena WebDev1439—
SWE-bench Multilingual72.7%—
SciCode—40.3%
GSO9.8%—
ALE-Bench1,367—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 38.7 (#29), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 23.4 (#126)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewNemotron 3 Ultra
Terminal-Bench64.3%—
APEX-Agents—22.7%
τ²-bench Airline82.5%—
τ²-bench Banking27.3%—
τ²-bench Retail76.8%—
τ²-bench Telecom91.2%—
DeepResearch Bench49.8%—
BALROG48.1%—
GDP.pdf10%—
LMArena Search1198—
Vending-Bench 23,635—

Reasoning Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 49.2 (#37), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 31.0 (#82)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewNemotron 3 Ultra
Chess Puzzles40%12%
LMArena Hard Prompts14651452
Mystery Game Puzzles26%20%
DTBench89.1%90.1%
LMCA43.1%36.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index151.8146.17
ARC-AGI-233.6%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)83.1%—
ARC-AGI-184.7%—
CritPt—3.1%
ForecastBench58.5—

Math Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 51.7 (#55), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 35.3 (#187)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewNemotron 3 Ultra
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%86.7%
ProofBench15%2%
LMArena Math14731457
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)51.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.6%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)35.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 58.8 (#33), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 52.5 (#61)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewNemotron 3 Ultra
GPQA Diamond89.4%85.4%
LMArena Expert14621472
SimpleQA Verified66.8%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate13.5%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 45.5 (#16), Nemotron 3 Ultra: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewNemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Vision1285—
GeoBench88%—
VPCT72.6%—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—
LMArena Document1413—

Multilingual Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 55.7 (#27), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 53.5 (#64)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewNemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Non-English14581427
LMArena Chinese15111497
LMArena French14771472
LMArena German14971471
LMArena Korean14431386
LMArena Russian14801417
LMArena Spanish14691454
LMArena Japanese1489—

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 75.7 (#56), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 74.7 (#88)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewNemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Instruction Following14371418

Long Context Too close to call

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 44.4 (#67), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 43.9 (#81)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewNemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Longer Query14521437

Writing & Preference Too close to call

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 65.5 (#45), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 66.3 (#36)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewNemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text14661445
LMArena Creative Writing14571398
LMArena Multi-Turn14711411
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1692

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 42.5 on the Noometry Index.

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

Nemotron 3 Ultra is cheaper. It lists at $0.50 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; Gemini 3 Flash Preview lists at $0.50 and $3.

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

Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.9 versus 38.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

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

25 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Flash Preview has 59 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Ultra has 30.

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