Model comparison
Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 vs Step 3
Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 and Step 3 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (40.3 vs 40.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
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StepFunSummary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 scores higher in 1 category and Step 3 in 7 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
Side by side
| Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 | Step 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | StepFun |
| Noometry Index | 40.3 | 40.5 |
| Released | 2025-07-25 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 131K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.40 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.40 | — |
| Results tracked | 12 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5: 39.8 (#154), Step 3: 40.1 (#147)
| Benchmark | Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1355 | 1367 |
Reasoning Step 3 leads
Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5: 26.8 (#128), Step 3: 28.4 (#105)
| Benchmark | Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1336 | 1355 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 62.3% |
Math Too close to call
Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5: 38.2 (#141), Step 3: 37.6 (#148)
| Benchmark | Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1392 | 1366 |
Knowledge Too close to call
Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5: 36.7 (#165), Step 3: 36.8 (#164)
| Benchmark | Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1330 | 1333 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5: —, Step 3: 35.5 (#86)
| Benchmark | Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1177 |
Multilingual Too close to call
Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5: 45.5 (#168), Step 3: 46.3 (#159)
| Benchmark | Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1316 | 1327 |
| LMArena Russian | 1332 | 1331 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1397 |
| LMArena German | — | 1371 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1300 | — |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1269 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1371 |
Instruction Following Step 3 leads
Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5: 68.6 (#188), Step 3: 70.4 (#164)
| Benchmark | Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1299 | 1332 |
Long Context Too close to call
Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5: 40.0 (#164), Step 3: 40.3 (#157)
| Benchmark | Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1315 | 1326 |
Writing & Preference Step 3 leads
Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5: 53.1 (#159), Step 3: 54.3 (#151)
| Benchmark | Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1338 | 1350 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1307 | 1321 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1334 | 1341 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 better than Step 3?
Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 and Step 3 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (40.3 vs 40.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 or Step 3 better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (39.8 vs 40.1); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 and Step 3 share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 has 12 scored results on Noometry and Step 3 has 17.