Model comparison
Mercury vs Nemotron 3 Super
Nemotron 3 Super is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.1 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 8 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIASummary
- They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. Mercury scores higher in 0 categories and Nemotron 3 Super in 6 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nemotron 3 Super leads 55.9 to 46.2.
- Nemotron 3 Super has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mercury | Nemotron 3 Super | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Inception | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 37.6 | 40.1 |
| Released | — | 2026-03-11 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.08 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.45 |
| Results tracked | 9 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Mercury: 38.7 (#170), Nemotron 3 Super: 39.4 (#158)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | 1403 |
| SciCode | — | 36% |
| WeirdML | — | 38% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 213.9 |
Reasoning Nemotron 3 Super leads
Mercury: 17.5 (#293), Nemotron 3 Super: 18.7 (#276)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1285 | 1386 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 21.6% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 15.4% |
| CritPt | — | 3.1% |
Math Not comparable
Mercury: —, Nemotron 3 Super: 39.6 (#101)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 60.4% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1380 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Mercury: —, Nemotron 3 Super: 38.9 (#139)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1398 |
Multilingual Nemotron 3 Super leads
Mercury: 41.6 (#206), Nemotron 3 Super: 48.4 (#144)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1260 | 1355 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1432 |
| LMArena French | — | 1405 |
| LMArena German | — | 1341 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1336 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1417 |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3 Super leads
Mercury: 65.2 (#224), Nemotron 3 Super: 71.2 (#154)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1239 | 1347 |
Long Context Nemotron 3 Super leads
Mercury: 38.4 (#198), Nemotron 3 Super: 41.5 (#139)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1266 | 1362 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3 Super leads
Mercury: 46.2 (#221), Nemotron 3 Super: 55.9 (#140)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1282 | 1378 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1191 | 1317 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1282 | 1369 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mercury better than Nemotron 3 Super?
Nemotron 3 Super is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.1 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mercury or Nemotron 3 Super better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (38.7 vs 39.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Mercury and Nemotron 3 Super share?
8 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mercury has 9 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Super has 21.