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Model comparison

Nemotron 3 Ultra vs Nova 2 Lite

Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 39.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Nemotron 3 Ultra NVIDIA

42.5

Rank #113 Confirmed

Nova 2 Lite Amazon

39.7

Rank #161 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Nemotron 3 Ultra scores higher in 6 categories and Nova 2 Lite in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nemotron 3 Ultra leads 66.3 to 53.9.
  • Nova 2 Lite is cheaper at $0.30 / $2.50 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $2.20 for Nemotron 3 Ultra.
  • Nova 2 Lite accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
  • Nemotron 3 Ultra has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Nemotron 3 UltraNova 2 Lite
ProviderNVIDIAAmazon
Noometry Index42.539.7
Released2026-06-042025-12-01
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window262K1M
Max output128K64K
Input $ / M tokens$0.50$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$2.20$2.50
Results tracked3019

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Category by category

Coding Nova 2 Lite leads

Nemotron 3 Ultra: 38.1 (#182), Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134)

BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraNova 2 Lite
LMArena Coding14681385
FrontierCode13.6%—
SciCode40.3%—
WeirdML43.5%—

Agentic & Tool Use Too close to call

Nemotron 3 Ultra: 23.4 (#126), Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121)

BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraNova 2 Lite
APEX-Agents22.7%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—27.1%

Reasoning Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Nemotron 3 Ultra: 31.0 (#82), Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118)

BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraNova 2 Lite
LMArena Hard Prompts14521364
CritPt3.1%—
Chess Puzzles12%—
Mystery Game Puzzles20%—
DTBench90.1%—
LMCA36.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index146.17—

Math Nova 2 Lite leads

Nemotron 3 Ultra: 35.3 (#187), Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156)

BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraNova 2 Lite
LMArena Math14571359
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202586.7%—
ProofBench2%—

Knowledge Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Nemotron 3 Ultra: 52.5 (#61), Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94)

BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraNova 2 Lite
LMArena Expert14721358
GPQA Diamond85.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.1%

Multilingual Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Nemotron 3 Ultra: 53.5 (#64), Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153)

BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraNova 2 Lite
LMArena Non-English14271337
LMArena Chinese14971364
LMArena French14721381
LMArena German14711343
LMArena Korean13861284
LMArena Russian14171343
LMArena Spanish14541373
LMArena Japanese—1271

Instruction Following Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Nemotron 3 Ultra: 74.7 (#88), Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161)

BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraNova 2 Lite
LMArena Instruction Following14181335

Long Context Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Nemotron 3 Ultra: 43.9 (#81), Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150)

BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraNova 2 Lite
LMArena Longer Query14371335

Writing & Preference Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Nemotron 3 Ultra: 66.3 (#36), Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154)

BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraNova 2 Lite
LMArena Text14451362
LMArena Creative Writing13981291
LMArena Multi-Turn14111338
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1692—

Frequently asked questions

Is Nemotron 3 Ultra better than Nova 2 Lite?

Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 39.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3 Ultra or Nova 2 Lite?

Nova 2 Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Ultra lists at $0.50 and $2.20.

Is Nemotron 3 Ultra or Nova 2 Lite better for coding?

Nova 2 Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.7 versus 38.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Nova 2 Lite does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Nemotron 3 Ultra and Nova 2 Lite share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 3 Ultra has 30 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2 Lite has 19.

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