Model comparison

Nemotron 3 Super vs Qwen3.5-9B

Nemotron 3 Super is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.6 to 33.3 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.5-9B costs 1.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nemotron 3 Super's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 3 shared benchmarks.

Nemotron 3 Super

NVIDIA

39.6

Rank #147 Confirmed

Qwen3.5-9B

Alibaba (Qwen)

33.3

Rank #235 Confirmed

Summary

They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Nemotron 3 Super scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen3.5-9B in 2 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.5-9B leads 46.0 to 38.2.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is MathArena Final-Answer Competitions: 60.4% for Nemotron 3 Super and 48.5% for Qwen3.5-9B.
Qwen3.5-9B is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $0.08 / $0.45 for Nemotron 3 Super.

Side by side

Nemotron 3 Super and Qwen3.5-9B specifications
	Nemotron 3 Super	Qwen3.5-9B
Provider	NVIDIA	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	39.6	33.3
Released	2026-03-11	2026-02-23
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	262K	262K
Max output	131K	66K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.08	$0.10
Output $ / M tokens	$0.45	$0.15
Results tracked	21	10

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Category by category

Coding Nemotron 3 Super leads

Nemotron 3 Super: 38.9 (#153), Qwen3.5-9B: 35.3 (#213)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Nemotron 3 Super	Qwen3.5-9B
SciCode	36%	27.5%
WeirdML	38%	—
LMArena Coding	1403	—
ALE-Bench	213.9	—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Nemotron 3 Super: —, Qwen3.5-9B: 14.4 (#143)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Nemotron 3 Super	Qwen3.5-9B
Terminal-Bench	—	9.2%

Reasoning Qwen3.5-9B leads

Nemotron 3 Super: 17.9 (#274), Qwen3.5-9B: 22.5 (#178)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Nemotron 3 Super	Qwen3.5-9B
CritPt	3.1%	0.3%
NYT Connections (extended)	15.4%	—
Chess Puzzles	—	12%
LMArena Hard Prompts	1386	—
DTBench	—	71.2%
LMCA	—	24.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index	—	139.45

Math Nemotron 3 Super leads

Nemotron 3 Super: 37.6 (#95), Qwen3.5-9B: 33.5 (#174)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Nemotron 3 Super	Qwen3.5-9B
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions	60.4%	48.5%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	—	61.7%
LMArena Math	1381	—

Knowledge Qwen3.5-9B leads

Nemotron 3 Super: 38.2 (#136), Qwen3.5-9B: 46.0 (#77)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Nemotron 3 Super	Qwen3.5-9B
GPQA Diamond	—	79%
LMArena Expert	1397	—

Multilingual Not comparable

Nemotron 3 Super: 48.6 (#139), Qwen3.5-9B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Nemotron 3 Super	Qwen3.5-9B
LMArena Non-English	1356	—
LMArena Chinese	1430	—
LMArena French	1404	—
LMArena German	1341	—
LMArena Russian	1336	—
LMArena Spanish	1417	—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Nemotron 3 Super: 71.4 (#149), Qwen3.5-9B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Nemotron 3 Super	Qwen3.5-9B
LMArena Instruction Following	1347	—

Long Context Not comparable

Nemotron 3 Super: 41.5 (#134), Qwen3.5-9B: —

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Nemotron 3 Super	Qwen3.5-9B
LMArena Longer Query	1362	—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Nemotron 3 Super: 56.1 (#135), Qwen3.5-9B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Nemotron 3 Super	Qwen3.5-9B
LMArena Text	1378	—
LMArena Creative Writing	1317	—
LMArena Multi-Turn	1369	—

Frequently asked questions

Is Nemotron 3 Super better than Qwen3.5-9B?

Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3 Super or Qwen3.5-9B?

Qwen3.5-9B is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Super lists at $0.08 and $0.45.

Is Nemotron 3 Super or Qwen3.5-9B better for coding?

Nemotron 3 Super scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 35.3 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 262K tokens.

How many benchmarks do Nemotron 3 Super and Qwen3.5-9B share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 3 Super has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5-9B has 10.