Model comparison

Nemotron 3 Super vs Qwen Max

Nemotron 3 Super is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.1 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Nemotron 3 Super NVIDIA

40.1

Rank #153 Confirmed

Qwen Max Alibaba (Qwen)

34.7

Rank #230 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Nemotron 3 Super scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen Max in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Nemotron 3 Super leads 39.6 to 22.3.
  • Nemotron 3 Super is cheaper at $0.08 / $0.45 per million input/output tokens, against $1.60 / $6.40 for Qwen Max.
  • Nemotron 3 Super accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 33K.
  • Nemotron 3 Super has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Nemotron 3 Super and Qwen Max specifications
Nemotron 3 SuperQwen Max
ProviderNVIDIAAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index40.134.7
Released2026-03-112024-04-03
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window262K33K
Max output131K8K
Input $ / M tokens$0.08$1.60
Output $ / M tokens$0.45$6.40
Results tracked2123

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Category by category

Coding Nemotron 3 Super leads

Nemotron 3 Super: 39.4 (#158), Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 3 SuperQwen Max
LMArena Coding14031288
Aider Polyglot—21.8%
SciCode36%—
WeirdML38%—
ALE-Bench213.9—

Reasoning Qwen Max leads

Nemotron 3 Super: 18.7 (#276), Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 3 SuperQwen Max
LMArena Hard Prompts13861269
NYT Connections (extended)15.4%—
CritPt3.1%—

Math Nemotron 3 Super leads

Nemotron 3 Super: 39.6 (#101), Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 3 SuperQwen Max
LMArena Math13801275
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions60.4%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—16.1%
MATH Level 5—67.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1%

Knowledge Nemotron 3 Super leads

Nemotron 3 Super: 38.9 (#139), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 3 SuperQwen Max
LMArena Expert13981248
GPQA Diamond—56.1%

Multilingual Nemotron 3 Super leads

Nemotron 3 Super: 48.4 (#144), Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 3 SuperQwen Max
LMArena Non-English13551263
LMArena Chinese14321254
LMArena French14051330
LMArena German13411254
LMArena Russian13361274
LMArena Spanish14171290
LMArena Japanese—1205
LMArena Korean—1142

Instruction Following Nemotron 3 Super leads

Nemotron 3 Super: 71.2 (#154), Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 3 SuperQwen Max
LMArena Instruction Following13471262

Long Context Nemotron 3 Super leads

Nemotron 3 Super: 41.5 (#139), Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 3 SuperQwen Max
LMArena Longer Query13621288
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%

Writing & Preference Nemotron 3 Super leads

Nemotron 3 Super: 55.9 (#140), Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 3 SuperQwen Max
LMArena Text13781282
LMArena Creative Writing13171248
LMArena Multi-Turn13691277

Frequently asked questions

Is Nemotron 3 Super better than Qwen Max?

Nemotron 3 Super is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.1 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3 Super or Qwen Max?

Nemotron 3 Super is cheaper. It lists at $0.08 per million input tokens and $0.45 per million output tokens; Qwen Max lists at $1.60 and $6.40.

Is Nemotron 3 Super or Qwen Max better for coding?

Nemotron 3 Super scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.4 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Nemotron 3 Super does, with 262K tokens against 33K.

How many benchmarks do Nemotron 3 Super and Qwen Max share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 3 Super has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.

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