Model comparison
Nemotron 3 Ultra vs Qwen3 14B
Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 35.5 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 14B costs 1.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nemotron 3 Ultra's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 8 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIA
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. Nemotron 3 Ultra scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen3 14B in 2 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nemotron 3 Ultra leads 52.5 to 39.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 90.1% for Nemotron 3 Ultra and 64% for Qwen3 14B.
- Qwen3 14B is cheaper at $0.35 / $1.40 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $2.20 for Nemotron 3 Ultra.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.
Side by side
| Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen3 14B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 42.5 | 35.5 |
| Released | 2026-06-04 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 131K |
| Max output | 128K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.50 | $0.35 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.20 | $1.40 |
| Results tracked | 30 | 12 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 38.1 (#182), Qwen3 14B: 37.3 (#195)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 40.3% | 31.6% |
| FrontierCode | 13.6% | — |
| WeirdML | 43.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1468 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Qwen3 14B leads
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 23.4 (#126), Qwen3 14B: 29.6 (#83)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 22.7% | — |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 41% |
Reasoning Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 31.0 (#82), Qwen3 14B: 18.5 (#280)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 3.1% | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | 12% | 4% |
| DTBench | 90.1% | 64% |
| LMCA | 36.9% | 18.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 146.17 | 138.23 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 49.1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1452 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 20% | — |
Math Qwen3 14B leads
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 35.3 (#187), Qwen3 14B: 38.6 (#133)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 86.7% | 66.4% |
| ProofBench | 2% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1457 | — |
Knowledge Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 52.5 (#61), Qwen3 14B: 39.3 (#134)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 85.4% | 63.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.4% |
| LMArena Expert | 1472 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 53.5 (#64), Qwen3 14B: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1427 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1497 | — |
| LMArena French | 1472 | — |
| LMArena German | 1471 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1386 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1417 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1454 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 74.7 (#88), Qwen3 14B: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1418 | — |
Long Context Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 43.9 (#81), Qwen3 14B: 38.1 (#204)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 62.5% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1437 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Nemotron 3 Ultra: 66.3 (#36), Qwen3 14B: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1445 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1398 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1692 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1411 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nemotron 3 Ultra better than Qwen3 14B?
Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 35.5 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 14B costs 1.5× 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 Qwen3 14B?
Qwen3 14B is cheaper. It lists at $0.35 per million input tokens and $1.40 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Ultra lists at $0.50 and $2.20.
Is Nemotron 3 Ultra or Qwen3 14B better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (38.1 vs 37.3); test both on your own repository before choosing.
Which has the bigger context window?
Nemotron 3 Ultra does, with 262K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Nemotron 3 Ultra and Qwen3 14B share?
8 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 3 Ultra has 30 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 14B has 12.