Model comparison

Nemotron 3 Super vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct

Nemotron 3 Super is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.1 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Nemotron 3 Super NVIDIA

40.1

Rank #153 Confirmed

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct Microsoft

29.3

Rank #314 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Nemotron 3 Super scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nemotron 3 Super leads 55.9 to 31.1.

Side by side

Nemotron 3 Super and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct specifications
Nemotron 3 SuperPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
ProviderNVIDIAMicrosoft
Noometry Index40.129.3
Released2026-03-112024-04-23
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.08—
Output $ / M tokens$0.45—
Results tracked2132

Sponsored placements are available on pages like this one. Advertise on Noometry

Category by category

Coding Nemotron 3 Super leads

Nemotron 3 Super: 39.4 (#158), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 3 SuperPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Coding14031101
SciCode36%—
WeirdML38%—
LiveBench Coding—20.3%
ALE-Bench213.9—

Reasoning Nemotron 3 Super leads

Nemotron 3 Super: 18.7 (#276), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 3 SuperPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts13861100
NYT Connections (extended)15.4%—
CritPt3.1%—
LiveBench Reasoning—15.9%
LiveBench Data Analysis—30.3%
Adversarial NLI—58.1%
BIG-Bench Hard—79.1%
HellaSwag—77%
LiveBench—24%
WinoGrande—81.5%

Math Nemotron 3 Super leads

Nemotron 3 Super: 39.6 (#101), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 3 SuperPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Math13801151
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions60.4%—
LiveBench Math—17.6%

Knowledge Nemotron 3 Super leads

Nemotron 3 Super: 38.9 (#139), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 3 SuperPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Expert13981067
ARC (AI2) Challenge—90.7%
MMLU—75.7%
OpenBookQA—88%
TriviaQA—58.1%

Multilingual Nemotron 3 Super leads

Nemotron 3 Super: 48.4 (#144), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 3 SuperPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Non-English13551058
LMArena Chinese14321061
LMArena French14051135
LMArena German13411080
LMArena Russian13361111
LMArena Spanish14171111
LMArena Japanese—966
LMArena Korean—894

Instruction Following Nemotron 3 Super leads

Nemotron 3 Super: 71.2 (#154), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 3 SuperPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following13471087
LiveBench Instruction Following—47.2%

Long Context Nemotron 3 Super leads

Nemotron 3 Super: 41.5 (#139), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 3 SuperPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query13621088

Writing & Preference Nemotron 3 Super leads

Nemotron 3 Super: 55.9 (#140), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 3 SuperPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Text13781110
LMArena Creative Writing13171083
LMArena Multi-Turn13691068
LiveBench Language—12.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is Nemotron 3 Super better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?

Nemotron 3 Super is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.1 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Nemotron 3 Super or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?

Nemotron 3 Super scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.4 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Nemotron 3 Super and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 3 Super has 21 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.

Related comparisons

Go deeper