Model comparison

GPT-5.4 vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 42.5 on the Noometry Index. Nemotron 3 Ultra costs 6.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 29 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 OpenAI

59.4

Rank #16 Confirmed

Nemotron 3 Ultra NVIDIA

42.5

Rank #113 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 29 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 scores higher in 9 categories and Nemotron 3 Ultra in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.4 leads 73.5 to 35.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 56% for GPT-5.4 and 2% for Nemotron 3 Ultra.
  • Nemotron 3 Ultra is cheaper at $0.50 / $2.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $15 for GPT-5.4.
  • GPT-5.4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
  • Nemotron 3 Ultra has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 and Nemotron 3 Ultra specifications
GPT-5.4Nemotron 3 Ultra
ProviderOpenAINVIDIA
Noometry Index59.442.5
Released2026-03-052026-06-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output128K128K
Input $ / M tokens$2.50$0.50
Output $ / M tokens$15$2.20
Results tracked6830

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 52.6 (#33), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 38.1 (#182)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Nemotron 3 Ultra
SciCode56.6%40.3%
WeirdML77.7%43.5%
LMArena Coding14971468
SWE-bench Verified76.9%—
DeepSWE51.8%—
FrontierCode—13.6%
LMArena WebDev1465—
GSO31.4%—
MirrorCode15.6%—
ALE-Bench1,607—
AlgoTune1.85—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 46.5 (#13), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 23.4 (#126)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Nemotron 3 Ultra
APEX-Agents52.4%22.7%
Terminal-Bench81.8%—
τ²-bench Banking39.4%—
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
PostTrainBench19%—
GBAEval45.1%—
LMArena Search1197—
METR Time Horizons74.3%—
Vending-Bench 26,144—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 61.8 (#19), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 31.0 (#82)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Nemotron 3 Ultra
CritPt23.4%3.1%
Chess Puzzles44%12%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851452
Mystery Game Puzzles37%20%
DTBench94.4%90.1%
LMCA52%36.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index156.81146.17
ARC-AGI-274%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%—
ARC-AGI-193.7%—
EnigmaEval16%—
Thematic Generalization80%—
EBR-Bench25.4%—
ForecastBench59.5—

Math GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 73.5 (#19), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 35.3 (#187)

Knowledge GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 65.3 (#14), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 52.5 (#61)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Nemotron 3 Ultra
GPQA Diamond93.3%85.4%
LMArena Expert15071472
Humanity's Last Exam36.2%—
SimpleQA Verified45.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.4: 43.7 (#20), Nemotron 3 Ultra: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Vision1303—
Blueprint-Bench 227.1%—
Furniture Assembly37.5%—
LMArena Document1471—

Multilingual GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 56.2 (#23), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 53.5 (#64)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Non-English14651427
LMArena Chinese15191497
LMArena French14931472
LMArena German14721471
LMArena Korean14481386
LMArena Russian14801417
LMArena Spanish14541454
LMArena Japanese1485—

Instruction Following GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 77.1 (#27), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 74.7 (#88)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Instruction Following14691418

Long Context GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 50.3 (#8), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 43.9 (#81)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Longer Query14731437
CL-bench27.9%—
CL-bench Life21.7%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 71.9 (#17), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 66.3 (#36)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text14691445
LMArena Creative Writing14391398
EQ-Bench Creative Writing18401692
LMArena Multi-Turn14821411
EQ-Bench 41272—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 better than Nemotron 3 Ultra?

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 42.5 on the Noometry Index. Nemotron 3 Ultra costs 6.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.4 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; GPT-5.4 lists at $2.50 and $15.

Is GPT-5.4 or Nemotron 3 Ultra better for coding?

GPT-5.4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.6 versus 38.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 and Nemotron 3 Ultra share?

29 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 has 68 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Ultra has 30.

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