Model comparison

GPT-6 Astra vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1

GPT-6 Astra is the stronger model overall, scoring 70.8 to 36.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

GPT-6 Astra OpenAI

70.8

Rank #1 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-6 Astra scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-6 Astra leads 85.1 to 26.3.
  • Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-6 Astra and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 specifications
GPT-6 AstraLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1
ProviderOpenAINVIDIA
Noometry Index70.836.7
Released2026-09-03—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$10—
Output $ / M tokens$50—
Results tracked5611

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 73.7 (#2), Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 38.4 (#177)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1
LMArena Coding14871312
DeepSWE74.1%—
FrontierCode53.3%—
LMArena WebDev1786—
FrontierSWE65.5%—
SciCode56.5%—
GSO79.4%—
WeirdML93.6%—
MirrorCode46.7%—
ALE-Bench2,951—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 52.9 (#3), Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 15.7 (#149)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1
APEX-Agents64.7%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—10%
Remote Labor Index20.8%—
BALROG68.3%—
GDP.pdf34.2%—
Vending-Bench 215,515—

Reasoning GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 85.1 (#1), Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 26.3 (#134)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1
LMArena Hard Prompts14621316
ARC-AGI-295%—
NYT Connections (extended)98.1%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt31.7%—
Chess Puzzles72%—
EBR-Bench76.2%—
Mystery Game Puzzles84%—
DTBench97.3%—
LMCA64.4%—
Bench to the Future 30.14—
Epoch Capabilities Index166.45—

Math GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 93.5 (#2), Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 37.5 (#152)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1
LMArena Math14651360
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)93.7%—
FrontierMath Tier 497.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench99%—
FrontierMath Erdős2.9%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-6 Astra: 75.3 (#1), Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1
GPQA Diamond95.8%—
Humanity's Last Exam54.8%—
SimpleQA Verified75.6%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.7%—
LMArena Expert1483—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-6 Astra: 55.0 (#3), Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1
LMArena Vision1281—
Blueprint-Bench 249.7%—
Furniture Assembly80%—
LMArena Document1468—

Multilingual GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 53.7 (#61), Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 43.1 (#187)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1
LMArena Non-English14301282
LMArena Russian14361284
LMArena Chinese1484—
LMArena French1456—
LMArena German1440—
LMArena Japanese1379—
LMArena Korean1426—
LMArena Spanish1407—

Instruction Following GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 76.3 (#44), Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 69.0 (#178)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1
LMArena Instruction Following14501308

Long Context GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 44.5 (#62), Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 39.5 (#177)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1
LMArena Longer Query14561299

Writing & Preference GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 75.3 (#7), Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 52.2 (#175)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1
LMArena Text14411320
LMArena Creative Writing14181314
LMArena Multi-Turn14481317
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2173—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-6 Astra better than Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1?

GPT-6 Astra is the stronger model overall, scoring 70.8 to 36.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-6 Astra or Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 better for coding?

GPT-6 Astra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 73.7 versus 38.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-6 Astra and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-6 Astra has 56 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 has 11.

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