Model comparison
Nemotron 3 Super vs Qwen3 8B
Nemotron 3 Super is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.6 to 33.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIA
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Nemotron 3 Super scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen3 8B in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Nemotron 3 Super leads 38.9 to 33.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 36% for Nemotron 3 Super and 22.6% for Qwen3 8B.
- Nemotron 3 Super is cheaper at $0.08 / $0.45 per million input/output tokens, against $0.18 / $0.70 for Qwen3 8B.
- Nemotron 3 Super accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.
Side by side
| Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen3 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 39.6 | 33.3 |
| Released | 2026-03-11 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 131K |
| Max output | 131K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.08 | $0.18 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.45 | $0.70 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3 Super leads
Nemotron 3 Super: 38.9 (#153), Qwen3 8B: 33.4 (#245)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 36% | 22.6% |
| WeirdML | 38% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1403 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 213.9 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Nemotron 3 Super: —, Qwen3 8B: 29.9 (#71)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 42.6% |
Reasoning Nemotron 3 Super leads
Nemotron 3 Super: 17.9 (#274), Qwen3 8B: 16.1 (#299)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 3.1% | 0% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 15.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1386 | — |
| DTBench | — | 59.7% |
| LMCA | — | 8.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 136.17 |
Math Nemotron 3 Super leads
Nemotron 3 Super: 37.6 (#95), Qwen3 8B: 33.3 (#176)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 60.4% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 56.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1381 | — |
Knowledge Nemotron 3 Super leads
Nemotron 3 Super: 38.2 (#136), Qwen3 8B: 36.1 (#164)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 4.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1397 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Nemotron 3 Super: 48.6 (#139), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| 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 8B: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1347 | — |
Long Context Nemotron 3 Super leads
Nemotron 3 Super: 41.5 (#134), Qwen3 8B: 37.8 (#205)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 62.1% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1362 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Nemotron 3 Super: 56.1 (#135), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1378 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1317 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1369 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nemotron 3 Super better than Qwen3 8B?
Nemotron 3 Super is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.6 to 33.3 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3 Super or Qwen3 8B?
Nemotron 3 Super is cheaper. It lists at $0.08 per million input tokens and $0.45 per million output tokens; Qwen3 8B lists at $0.18 and $0.70.
Is Nemotron 3 Super or Qwen3 8B better for coding?
Nemotron 3 Super scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 33.4 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 8B share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 3 Super has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 8B has 11.