Model comparison
Nemotron 3 Ultra vs Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct costs 3.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nemotron 3 Ultra's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 6 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIA
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. Nemotron 3 Ultra scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nemotron 3 Ultra leads 52.5 to 17.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 86.7% for Nemotron 3 Ultra and 2.5% for Qwen2.5 7B Instruct.
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is cheaper at $0.17 / $0.70 per million input/output tokens, against $0.60 / $2.40 for Nemotron 3 Ultra.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.
Side by side
| Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 42.5 | 29.0 |
| Released | 2026-06-04 | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 131K |
| Max output | 128K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.60 | $0.17 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.40 | $0.70 |
| Results tracked | 30 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 38.1 (#182), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 36.5 (#208)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierCode | 13.6% | — |
| SciCode | 40.3% | — |
| WeirdML | 43.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 37.6% |
| LMArena Coding | 1468 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 46.1% |
Agentic & Tool Use Too close to call
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 23.4 (#126), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 23.8 (#124)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 22.7% | — |
| BALROG | — | 7.8% |
Reasoning Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 31.0 (#82), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 14.8 (#322)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 12% | 0% |
| DTBench | 90.1% | 47.7% |
| LMCA | 36.9% | 6.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 146.17 | 118.51 |
| CritPt | 3.1% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1452 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 20% | — |
Math Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 35.3 (#187), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 12.6 (#306)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 86.7% | 2.5% |
| ProofBench | 2% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 29.4% |
| LMArena Math | 1457 | — |
Knowledge Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 52.5 (#61), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 17.0 (#286)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 85.4% | 35.5% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 53.9% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 34.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1472 | — |
| MMLU | — | 72.9% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 53.5 (#64), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1427 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1497 | — |
| LMArena French | 1472 | — |
| LMArena German | 1471 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1386 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1417 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1454 | — |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 74.7 (#88), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 63.2 (#231)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 74.1% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1418 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 43.9 (#81), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1437 | — |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 66.3 (#36), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 48.8 (#195)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1445 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1398 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1692 | — |
| WildBench | — | 73.1% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1411 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nemotron 3 Ultra better than Qwen2.5 7B Instruct?
Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct costs 3.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nemotron 3 Ultra's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3 Ultra or Qwen2.5 7B Instruct?
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is cheaper. It lists at $0.17 per million input tokens and $0.70 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Ultra lists at $0.60 and $2.40.
Is Nemotron 3 Ultra or Qwen2.5 7B Instruct better for coding?
Nemotron 3 Ultra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.1 versus 36.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Nemotron 3 Ultra does, with 262K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Nemotron 3 Ultra and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct share?
6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 3 Ultra has 30 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has 15.