Model comparison
Nemotron 3 Ultra vs Nova Premier 1.0
Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.
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Summary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nemotron 3 Ultra leads 52.5 to 35.4.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra is cheaper at $0.60 / $2.40 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $12.50 for Nova Premier 1.0.
- Nova Premier 1.0 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Nemotron 3 Ultra | Nova Premier 1.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 44.7 | 37.7 |
| Released | 2026-06-04 | 2025-04-30 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | 1M |
| Max output | 128K | 10K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.60 | $2.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.40 | $12.50 |
| Results tracked | 29 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 37.7 (#174), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierCode | 13.6% | — |
| SciCode | 40.3% | — |
| WeirdML | 43.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1468 | — |
Reasoning Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 30.3 (#78), Nova Premier 1.0: 22.3 (#182)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 44.8% |
| CritPt | 3.1% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 12% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1452 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 20% | — |
| DTBench | 90.1% | — |
| LMCA | 36.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 146.2 | — |
Math Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 34.4 (#160), Nova Premier 1.0: 31.5 (#194)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 86.7% | — |
| ProofBench | 2% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 35% |
| LMArena Math | 1456 | — |
Knowledge Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 52.5 (#56), Nova Premier 1.0: 35.4 (#176)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 85.4% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 72.6% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 51.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1472 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 53.7 (#61), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1427 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1498 | — |
| LMArena French | 1475 | — |
| LMArena German | 1471 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1387 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1415 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1452 | — |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 74.9 (#84), Nova Premier 1.0: 66.9 (#201)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 80.3% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1417 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 43.9 (#77), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1437 | — |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 66.3 (#35), Nova Premier 1.0: 51.0 (#174)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1444 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1392 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1692 | — |
| WildBench | — | 78.8% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1412 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nemotron 3 Ultra better than Nova Premier 1.0?
Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3 Ultra or Nova Premier 1.0?
Nemotron 3 Ultra is cheaper. It lists at $0.60 per million input tokens and $2.40 per million output tokens; Nova Premier 1.0 lists at $2.50 and $12.50.
Which has the bigger context window?
Nova Premier 1.0 does, with 1M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Nemotron 3 Ultra and Nova Premier 1.0 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 3 Ultra has 29 scored results on Noometry and Nova Premier 1.0 has 6.