Model comparison
Nemotron 3 Ultra vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 27.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIA
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Nemotron 3 Ultra scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nemotron 3 Ultra leads 66.3 to 27.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 12% for Nemotron 3 Ultra and 0% for Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct.
Side by side
| Nemotron 3 Ultra | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 44.7 | 27.4 |
| Released | 2026-06-04 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 128K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.60 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.40 | — |
| Results tracked | 29 | 35 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 37.7 (#174), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.1 (#319)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1468 | 1093 |
| FrontierCode | 13.6% | — |
| SciCode | 40.3% | — |
| WeirdML | 43.5% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 15.5% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 59.1% |
| MBPP+ | — | 54.2% |
Reasoning Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 30.3 (#78), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 13.6 (#326)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 12% | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1452 | 1072 |
| CritPt | 3.1% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 26.8% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 20% | — |
| DTBench | 90.1% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 34.7% |
| LMCA | 36.9% | — |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 52.8% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 71.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 146.2 | — |
| HellaSwag | — | 76.7% |
| LiveBench | — | 22.4% |
| WinoGrande | — | 70.8% |
Math Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 34.4 (#160), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 24.5 (#258)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1456 | 1111 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 86.7% | — |
| ProofBench | 2% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 15.7% |
Knowledge Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 52.5 (#56), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 27.9 (#241)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1472 | 1045 |
| GPQA Diamond | 85.4% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 84.9% |
| MMLU | — | 68.8% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 88% |
| TriviaQA | — | 64% |
Multilingual Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 53.7 (#61), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.5 (#275)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1427 | 1021 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1498 | 1021 |
| LMArena French | 1475 | 1075 |
| LMArena German | 1471 | 1044 |
| LMArena Korean | 1387 | 905 |
| LMArena Russian | 1415 | 1022 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1452 | 1084 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 935 |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 74.9 (#84), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 48.0 (#298)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1417 | 1053 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 39.1% |
Long Context Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 43.9 (#77), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 31.7 (#271)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1437 | 1044 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 66.3 (#35), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 27.7 (#295)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1444 | 1073 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1392 | 1037 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1412 | 1018 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1692 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 9.2% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nemotron 3 Ultra better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct?
Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 27.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Nemotron 3 Ultra or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct better for coding?
Nemotron 3 Ultra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.7 versus 26.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Nemotron 3 Ultra and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 3 Ultra has 29 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has 35.