Model comparison
Nemotron 3 Super vs Qwen3 235B-A22B
Qwen3 235B-A22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 40.1 on the Noometry Index. Nemotron 3 Super costs 7.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3 235B-A22B's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIA
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Nemotron 3 Super scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3 235B-A22B in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3 235B-A22B leads 49.6 to 38.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 36% for Nemotron 3 Super and 42.4% for Qwen3 235B-A22B.
- Nemotron 3 Super is cheaper at $0.08 / $0.45 per million input/output tokens, against $0.70 / $2.80 for Qwen3 235B-A22B.
- Nemotron 3 Super accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.
Side by side
| Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen3 235B-A22B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 40.1 | 43.5 |
| Released | 2026-03-11 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 131K |
| Max output | 131K | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.08 | $0.70 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.45 | $2.80 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 49 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3 235B-A22B leads
Nemotron 3 Super: 39.4 (#158), Qwen3 235B-A22B: 44.3 (#75)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen3 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 36% | 42.4% |
| WeirdML | 38% | 41% |
| LMArena Coding | 1403 | 1445 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 59.6% |
| ALE-Bench | 213.9 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Nemotron 3 Super: —, Qwen3 235B-A22B: 33.9 (#51)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen3 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 52.1% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | -11.34 |
Reasoning Nemotron 3 Super leads
Nemotron 3 Super: 18.7 (#276), Qwen3 235B-A22B: 15.7 (#311)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen3 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 3.1% | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1386 | 1433 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 1.3% |
| SimpleBench | — | 31% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 69.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 15.4% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 11% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 12% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 9% |
| DTBench | — | 80.3% |
| LMCA | — | 29.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 143.85 |
| ForecastBench | — | 59.7 |
Math Qwen3 235B-A22B leads
Nemotron 3 Super: 39.6 (#101), Qwen3 235B-A22B: 50.4 (#57)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen3 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1380 | 1432 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 60.4% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 71.8% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 68.9% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 8.5% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 0% |
Knowledge Qwen3 235B-A22B leads
Nemotron 3 Super: 38.9 (#139), Qwen3 235B-A22B: 49.6 (#73)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen3 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1398 | 1463 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 80.1% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 40.4% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 84.4% |
| Confabulations | — | 15.6% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 9.3% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 72.7% |
Multilingual Qwen3 235B-A22B leads
Nemotron 3 Super: 48.4 (#144), Qwen3 235B-A22B: 52.3 (#89)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen3 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1355 | 1409 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1432 | 1481 |
| LMArena French | 1405 | 1445 |
| LMArena German | 1341 | 1433 |
| LMArena Russian | 1336 | 1411 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1417 | 1430 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1399 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1391 |
Instruction Following Qwen3 235B-A22B leads
Nemotron 3 Super: 71.2 (#154), Qwen3 235B-A22B: 72.6 (#136)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen3 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1347 | 1408 |
| IFEval | — | 83.5% |
Long Context Qwen3 235B-A22B leads
Nemotron 3 Super: 41.5 (#139), Qwen3 235B-A22B: 46.1 (#26)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen3 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1362 | 1426 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 75% |
Writing & Preference Qwen3 235B-A22B leads
Nemotron 3 Super: 55.9 (#140), Qwen3 235B-A22B: 59.6 (#108)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen3 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1378 | 1419 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1317 | 1384 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1369 | 1432 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 83% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1366 |
| WildBench | — | 86.6% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nemotron 3 Super better than Qwen3 235B-A22B?
Qwen3 235B-A22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 40.1 on the Noometry Index. Nemotron 3 Super costs 7.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3 235B-A22B's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3 Super or Qwen3 235B-A22B?
Nemotron 3 Super is cheaper. It lists at $0.08 per million input tokens and $0.45 per million output tokens; Qwen3 235B-A22B lists at $0.70 and $2.80.
Is Nemotron 3 Super or Qwen3 235B-A22B better for coding?
Qwen3 235B-A22B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.3 versus 39.4 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Nemotron 3 Super does, with 262K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Nemotron 3 Super and Qwen3 235B-A22B share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 3 Super has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 235B-A22B has 49.