Model comparison

Nemotron 3 Ultra vs Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct

Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Nemotron 3 Ultra scores higher in 8 categories and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nemotron 3 Ultra leads 52.5 to 19.5.

Side by side

Nemotron 3 Ultra and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct specifications
Nemotron 3 UltraOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
ProviderNVIDIAAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index42.532.7
Released2026-06-04—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.50—
Output $ / M tokens$2.20—
Results tracked3016

Sponsored placements are available on pages like this one. Advertise on Noometry

Category by category

Coding Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Nemotron 3 Ultra: 38.1 (#182), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.2 (#227)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding14681210
FrontierCode13.6%—
SciCode40.3%—
WeirdML43.5%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Nemotron 3 Ultra: 23.4 (#126), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
APEX-Agents22.7%—

Reasoning Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Nemotron 3 Ultra: 31.0 (#82), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 23.6 (#175)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14521208
CritPt3.1%—
Chess Puzzles12%—
Mystery Game Puzzles20%—
DTBench90.1%—
LMCA36.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index146.17—

Math Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Nemotron 3 Ultra: 35.3 (#187), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 26.8 (#255)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Math14571208
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202586.7%—
ProofBench2%—
Omni-MATH—16.1%

Knowledge Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Nemotron 3 Ultra: 52.5 (#61), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.5 (#279)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
GPQA Diamond85.4%—
MMLU-Pro—41.4%
GPQA (HELM)—28.7%
LMArena Expert1472—

Multilingual Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Nemotron 3 Ultra: 53.5 (#64), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.8 (#248)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14271160
LMArena Chinese14971192
LMArena Russian14171187
LMArena French1472—
LMArena German1471—
LMArena Korean1386—
LMArena Spanish1454—

Instruction Following Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Nemotron 3 Ultra: 74.7 (#88), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.5 (#244)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14181186
IFEval—78%

Long Context Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Nemotron 3 Ultra: 43.9 (#81), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#234)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14371194

Writing & Preference Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Nemotron 3 Ultra: 66.3 (#36), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.1 (#236)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Text14451218
LMArena Creative Writing13981199
LMArena Multi-Turn14111221
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1692—
WildBench—73.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is Nemotron 3 Ultra better than Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct?

Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Nemotron 3 Ultra or Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better for coding?

Nemotron 3 Ultra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.1 versus 35.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Nemotron 3 Ultra and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 3 Ultra has 30 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16.

Related comparisons

Go deeper