Noometry

Model comparison

Nemotron 3 Ultra vs Qwen Max

Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Nemotron 3 Ultra NVIDIA

42.5

Rank #113 Confirmed

Qwen Max Alibaba (Qwen)

34.7

Rank #230 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Nemotron 3 Ultra scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen Max in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nemotron 3 Ultra leads 52.5 to 30.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 86.7% for Nemotron 3 Ultra and 16.1% for Qwen Max.
  • Nemotron 3 Ultra is cheaper at $0.50 / $2.20 per million input/output tokens, against $1.60 / $6.40 for Qwen Max.
  • Nemotron 3 Ultra accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 33K.
  • Nemotron 3 Ultra has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Nemotron 3 UltraQwen Max
ProviderNVIDIAAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index42.534.7
Released2026-06-042024-04-03
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window262K33K
Max output128K8K
Input $ / M tokens$0.50$1.60
Output $ / M tokens$2.20$6.40
Results tracked3023

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Category by category

Coding Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Nemotron 3 Ultra: 38.1 (#182), Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)

BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraQwen Max
LMArena Coding14681288
FrontierCode13.6%—
Aider Polyglot—21.8%
SciCode40.3%—
WeirdML43.5%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Nemotron 3 Ultra: 23.4 (#126), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraQwen Max
APEX-Agents22.7%—

Reasoning Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Nemotron 3 Ultra: 31.0 (#82), Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)

BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraQwen Max
LMArena Hard Prompts14521269
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), Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)

BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraQwen Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202586.7%16.1%
LMArena Math14571275
ProofBench2%—
MATH Level 5—67.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1%

Knowledge Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Nemotron 3 Ultra: 52.5 (#61), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)

BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraQwen Max
GPQA Diamond85.4%56.1%
LMArena Expert14721248

Multilingual Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Nemotron 3 Ultra: 53.5 (#64), Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)

BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraQwen Max
LMArena Non-English14271263
LMArena Chinese14971254
LMArena French14721330
LMArena German14711254
LMArena Korean13861142
LMArena Russian14171274
LMArena Spanish14541290
LMArena Japanese—1205

Instruction Following Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Nemotron 3 Ultra: 74.7 (#88), Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)

BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraQwen Max
LMArena Instruction Following14181262

Long Context Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Nemotron 3 Ultra: 43.9 (#81), Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)

BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraQwen Max
LMArena Longer Query14371288
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%

Writing & Preference Nemotron 3 Ultra leads

Nemotron 3 Ultra: 66.3 (#36), Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)

BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraQwen Max
LMArena Text14451282
LMArena Creative Writing13981248
LMArena Multi-Turn14111277
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1692—

Frequently asked questions

Is Nemotron 3 Ultra better than Qwen Max?

Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3 Ultra or Qwen Max?

Nemotron 3 Ultra is cheaper. It lists at $0.50 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; Qwen Max lists at $1.60 and $6.40.

Is Nemotron 3 Ultra or Qwen Max better for coding?

Nemotron 3 Ultra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.1 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Nemotron 3 Ultra does, with 262K tokens against 33K.

How many benchmarks do Nemotron 3 Ultra and Qwen Max share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 3 Ultra has 30 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.

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