# Claude 3 Opus vs Nemotron 3 Super

> Nemotron 3 Super is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.6 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/claude-3-opus-vs-nemotron-3-super
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 16

## Summary

- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3 Opus scores higher in 0 categories and Nemotron 3 Super in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Nemotron 3 Super leads 37.6 to 13.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is WeirdML: 19.2% for Claude 3 Opus and 38% for Nemotron 3 Super.
- Nemotron 3 Super has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Claude 3 Opus | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 29.3 | 39.6 |
| Rank | 300 | 147 |
| Context | — | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.08 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.45 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Claude 3 Opus: 32.4 (#261)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 38.9 (#153)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 19.2% | 38% |
| LMArena Coding | 1264 | 1403 |
| SciCode | — | 36% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 45.5% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 38.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 57.4% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 213.9 |
| HumanEval+ | 77.4% | — |
| MBPP+ | 73.3% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Claude 3 Opus: 24.3 (#110)
- Nemotron 3 Super: —

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 10% | — |
| METR Time Horizons | 29.5% | — |

## Reasoning

- Claude 3 Opus: 14.2 (#318)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 17.9 (#274)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1246 | 1386 |
| SimpleBench | 23.5% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 15.4% |
| CritPt | — | 3.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | 5% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 0.8% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 40.6% | — |
| DTBench | 61.6% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 57.9% | — |
| LMCA | 17% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 126.91 | — |
| ForecastBench | 58.4 | — |
| LiveBench | 49.2% | — |
| WinoGrande | 88.5% | — |

## Math

- Claude 3 Opus: 13.9 (#293)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 37.6 (#95)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1273 | 1381 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 60.4% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.7% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 43.6% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 37.5% | — |

## Knowledge

- Claude 3 Opus: 24.5 (#262)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 38.2 (#136)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1223 | 1397 |
| GPQA Diamond | 47.2% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 12.6% | — |
| Confabulations | 22.7% | — |
| MMLU | 84.6% | — |

## Multimodal

- Claude 3 Opus: 26.6 (#112)
- Nemotron 3 Super: —

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1023 | — |

## Multilingual

- Claude 3 Opus: 41.6 (#202)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 48.6 (#139)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1258 | 1356 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1248 | 1430 |
| LMArena French | 1274 | 1404 |
| LMArena German | 1258 | 1341 |
| LMArena Russian | 1280 | 1336 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1246 | 1417 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1204 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1187 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Claude 3 Opus: 64.3 (#223)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 71.4 (#149)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1248 | 1347 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 63.9% | — |

## Long Context

- Claude 3 Opus: 38.2 (#197)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 41.5 (#134)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1259 | 1362 |

## Writing & Preference

- Claude 3 Opus: 47.4 (#208)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 56.1 (#135)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1262 | 1378 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | 1317 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1275 | 1369 |
| LiveBench Language | 50.4% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Claude 3 Opus better than Nemotron 3 Super?

Nemotron 3 Super is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.6 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Claude 3 Opus or Nemotron 3 Super better for coding?

Nemotron 3 Super scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 32.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Claude 3 Opus and Nemotron 3 Super share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3 Opus has 46 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Super has 21.