Model comparison
Nemotron 3 Super vs Step 3
Nemotron 3 Super and Step 3 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (40.1 vs 40.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIA
StepFunSummary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Nemotron 3 Super scores higher in 6 categories and Step 3 in 2 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Step 3 leads 28.4 to 18.7.
Side by side
| Nemotron 3 Super | Step 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | StepFun |
| Noometry Index | 40.1 | 40.5 |
| Released | 2026-03-11 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 131K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.08 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.45 | — |
| Results tracked | 21 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Nemotron 3 Super: 39.4 (#158), Step 3: 40.1 (#147)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1403 | 1367 |
| SciCode | 36% | — |
| WeirdML | 38% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 213.9 | — |
Reasoning Step 3 leads
Nemotron 3 Super: 18.7 (#276), Step 3: 28.4 (#105)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1386 | 1355 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 62.3% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 15.4% | — |
| CritPt | 3.1% | — |
Math Nemotron 3 Super leads
Nemotron 3 Super: 39.6 (#101), Step 3: 37.6 (#148)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1380 | 1366 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 60.4% | — |
Knowledge Nemotron 3 Super leads
Nemotron 3 Super: 38.9 (#139), Step 3: 36.8 (#164)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1398 | 1333 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Nemotron 3 Super: —, Step 3: 35.5 (#86)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1177 |
Multilingual Nemotron 3 Super leads
Nemotron 3 Super: 48.4 (#144), Step 3: 46.3 (#159)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1355 | 1327 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1432 | 1397 |
| LMArena German | 1341 | 1371 |
| LMArena Russian | 1336 | 1331 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1417 | 1371 |
| LMArena French | 1405 | — |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1269 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Nemotron 3 Super: 71.2 (#154), Step 3: 70.4 (#164)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1347 | 1332 |
Long Context Nemotron 3 Super leads
Nemotron 3 Super: 41.5 (#139), Step 3: 40.3 (#157)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1362 | 1326 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3 Super leads
Nemotron 3 Super: 55.9 (#140), Step 3: 54.3 (#151)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1378 | 1350 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1317 | 1321 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1369 | 1341 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nemotron 3 Super better than Step 3?
Nemotron 3 Super and Step 3 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (40.1 vs 40.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Nemotron 3 Super or Step 3 better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (39.4 vs 40.1); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Nemotron 3 Super and Step 3 share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 3 Super has 21 scored results on Noometry and Step 3 has 17.