# Mercury vs Nemotron 3 Super

> Nemotron 3 Super is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.6 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mercury-vs-nemotron-3-super
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 8

## Summary

- They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. Mercury scores higher in 0 categories and Nemotron 3 Super in 6 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nemotron 3 Super leads 56.1 to 46.2.
- Nemotron 3 Super has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Mercury | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Inception | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 37.3 | 39.6 |
| Rank | 192 | 147 |
| Context | — | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.08 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.45 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Mercury: 38.1 (#164)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 38.9 (#153)

| Benchmark | Mercury | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1323 | 1403 |
| SciCode | — | 36% |
| WeirdML | — | 38% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 213.9 |

## Reasoning

- Mercury: 16.8 (#288)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 17.9 (#274)

| Benchmark | Mercury | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1284 | 1386 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 21.6% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 15.4% |
| CritPt | — | 3.1% |

## Math

- Mercury: —
- Nemotron 3 Super: 37.6 (#95)

| Benchmark | Mercury | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 60.4% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1381 |

## Knowledge

- Mercury: —
- Nemotron 3 Super: 38.2 (#136)

| Benchmark | Mercury | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1397 |

## Multilingual

- Mercury: 41.7 (#201)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 48.6 (#139)

| Benchmark | Mercury | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1259 | 1356 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1430 |
| LMArena French | — | 1404 |
| LMArena German | — | 1341 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1336 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1417 |

## Instruction Following

- Mercury: 65.3 (#220)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 71.4 (#149)

| Benchmark | Mercury | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1238 | 1347 |

## Long Context

- Mercury: 38.3 (#193)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 41.5 (#134)

| Benchmark | Mercury | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1264 | 1362 |

## Writing & Preference

- Mercury: 46.2 (#216)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 56.1 (#135)

| Benchmark | Mercury | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1282 | 1378 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1186 | 1317 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1283 | 1369 |

## FAQ

### Is Mercury better than Nemotron 3 Super?

Nemotron 3 Super is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.6 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Mercury or Nemotron 3 Super better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (38.1 vs 38.9); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do Mercury and Nemotron 3 Super share?

8 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mercury has 9 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Super has 21.