Model comparison
Nemotron 3 Super vs Qwen2.5-Max
Nemotron 3 Super and Qwen2.5-Max score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.6 vs 40.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIA
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Nemotron 3 Super scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen2.5-Max in 3 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen2.5-Max leads 24.6 to 17.9.
- Nemotron 3 Super has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen2.5-Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 39.6 | 40.1 |
| Released | 2026-03-11 | 2025-01-25 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 131K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.08 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.45 | — |
| Results tracked | 21 | 27 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen2.5-Max leads
Nemotron 3 Super: 38.9 (#153), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.2 (#118)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1403 | 1359 |
| SciCode | 36% | — |
| WeirdML | 38% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 64.4% |
| ALE-Bench | 213.9 | — |
Reasoning Qwen2.5-Max leads
Nemotron 3 Super: 17.9 (#274), Qwen2.5-Max: 24.6 (#144)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1386 | 1360 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 15.4% | — |
| CritPt | 3.1% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 51.4% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 67.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 132.54 |
| LiveBench | — | 62.3% |
Math Nemotron 3 Super leads
Nemotron 3 Super: 37.6 (#95), Qwen2.5-Max: 34.3 (#162)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1381 | 1369 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 60.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 58.4% |
Knowledge Nemotron 3 Super leads
Nemotron 3 Super: 38.2 (#136), Qwen2.5-Max: 34.8 (#181)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1397 | 1337 |
| Confabulations | — | 21.8% |
Multilingual Too close to call
Nemotron 3 Super: 48.6 (#139), Qwen2.5-Max: 48.3 (#140)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1356 | 1352 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1430 | 1382 |
| LMArena French | 1404 | 1396 |
| LMArena German | 1341 | 1350 |
| LMArena Russian | 1336 | 1353 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1417 | 1377 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1299 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1304 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Nemotron 3 Super: 71.4 (#149), Qwen2.5-Max: 71.5 (#147)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1347 | 1335 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 75.3% |
Long Context Too close to call
Nemotron 3 Super: 41.5 (#134), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.3 (#137)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1362 | 1358 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Nemotron 3 Super: 56.1 (#135), Qwen2.5-Max: 55.6 (#141)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1378 | 1367 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1317 | 1339 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1369 | 1364 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 72.9% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 56.3% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nemotron 3 Super better than Qwen2.5-Max?
Nemotron 3 Super and Qwen2.5-Max score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.6 vs 40.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Nemotron 3 Super or Qwen2.5-Max better for coding?
Qwen2.5-Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.2 versus 38.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Nemotron 3 Super and Qwen2.5-Max share?
15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 3 Super has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Max has 27.