Model comparison

GPT-5.5 Instant vs Nemotron 3 Super

GPT-5.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.7 to 40.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 Instant OpenAI

42.7

Rank #110 Confirmed

Nemotron 3 Super NVIDIA

40.1

Rank #153 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.5 Instant scores higher in 7 categories and Nemotron 3 Super in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Nemotron 3 Super leads 39.6 to 26.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 48.6% for GPT-5.5 Instant and 36% for Nemotron 3 Super.
  • Nemotron 3 Super has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 Instant and Nemotron 3 Super specifications
GPT-5.5 InstantNemotron 3 Super
ProviderOpenAINVIDIA
Noometry Index42.740.1
Released2026-05-052026-03-11
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.08
Output $ / M tokens—$0.45
Results tracked2721

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 44.3 (#74), Nemotron 3 Super: 39.4 (#158)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantNemotron 3 Super
SciCode48.6%36%
LMArena Coding14331403
WeirdML—38%
ALE-Bench—213.9

Reasoning GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 24.9 (#155), Nemotron 3 Super: 18.7 (#276)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantNemotron 3 Super
CritPt0%3.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts14261386
NYT Connections (extended)—15.4%
Chess Puzzles12%—
Epoch Capabilities Index142.52—

Math Nemotron 3 Super leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 26.5 (#259), Nemotron 3 Super: 39.6 (#101)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantNemotron 3 Super
LMArena Math14201380
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26.3%—
FrontierMath Tier 42.4%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—60.4%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202568.1%—

Knowledge GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 48.9 (#74), Nemotron 3 Super: 38.9 (#139)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantNemotron 3 Super
LMArena Expert14091398
GPQA Diamond82.5%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Instant: 40.0 (#52), Nemotron 3 Super: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantNemotron 3 Super
LMArena Vision1250—
LMArena Document1403—

Multilingual GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 52.8 (#80), Nemotron 3 Super: 48.4 (#144)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantNemotron 3 Super
LMArena Non-English14171355
LMArena Chinese14561432
LMArena French14281405
LMArena German14111341
LMArena Russian14311336
LMArena Spanish14291417
LMArena Japanese1408—
LMArena Korean1392—

Instruction Following GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 74.2 (#100), Nemotron 3 Super: 71.2 (#154)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantNemotron 3 Super
LMArena Instruction Following14061347

Long Context GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 43.4 (#96), Nemotron 3 Super: 41.5 (#139)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantNemotron 3 Super
LMArena Longer Query14221362

Writing & Preference GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 61.8 (#85), Nemotron 3 Super: 55.9 (#140)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantNemotron 3 Super
LMArena Text14191378
LMArena Creative Writing14191317
LMArena Multi-Turn14331369

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 Instant better than Nemotron 3 Super?

GPT-5.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.7 to 40.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.5 Instant or Nemotron 3 Super better for coding?

GPT-5.5 Instant scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.3 versus 39.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.5 Instant and Nemotron 3 Super share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 Instant has 27 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Super has 21.

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