Model comparison
Granite 4.0 Micro vs Nemotron 3 Ultra
Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 23× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nemotron 3 Ultra's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIASummary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.0 Micro scores higher in 0 categories and Nemotron 3 Ultra in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nemotron 3 Ultra leads 52.5 to 9.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 2.8% for Granite 4.0 Micro and 86.7% for Nemotron 3 Ultra.
- Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper at $0.017 / $0.11 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $2.20 for Nemotron 3 Ultra.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 Micro | Nemotron 3 Ultra | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 42.5 |
| Released | 2025-10-02 | 2026-06-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | 262K |
| Max output | 118K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.017 | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.11 | $2.20 |
| Results tracked | 8 | 30 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Nemotron 3 Ultra: 38.1 (#182)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierCode | — | 13.6% |
| SciCode | — | 40.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 43.5% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1468 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Nemotron 3 Ultra: 23.4 (#126)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 22.7% |
Reasoning Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 31.0 (#82)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | 12% |
| CritPt | — | 3.1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1452 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 20% |
| DTBench | — | 90.1% |
| LMCA | — | 36.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 146.17 |
Math Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 35.3 (#187)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.8% | 86.7% |
| ProofBench | — | 2% |
| Omni-MATH | 20.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1457 |
Knowledge Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 52.5 (#61)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 28.3% | 85.4% |
| MMLU-Pro | 39.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1472 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Nemotron 3 Ultra: 53.5 (#64)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1427 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1497 |
| LMArena French | — | 1472 |
| LMArena German | — | 1471 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1386 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1417 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1454 |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 74.7 (#88)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 84.9% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1418 |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Nemotron 3 Ultra: 43.9 (#81)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1437 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 66.3 (#36)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1445 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1398 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1692 |
| WildBench | 67% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1411 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 Micro better than Nemotron 3 Ultra?
Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 23× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nemotron 3 Ultra's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Granite 4.0 Micro or Nemotron 3 Ultra?
Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.017 per million input tokens and $0.11 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Ultra lists at $0.50 and $2.20.
Which has the bigger context window?
Nemotron 3 Ultra does, with 262K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 Micro and Nemotron 3 Ultra share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 Micro has 8 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Ultra has 30.