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Nova Micro 1.0 vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

Nemotron 3 Ultra leads Nova Micro 1.0 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 22.9 to 5.9, and Nova Micro 1.0 costs 17.1x less per output token ($0.14 vs $2.40 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 33 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Nova Micro 1.0 Replace Nemotron 3 Ultra
Nova Micro 1.0Amazon
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$0.14
0
Nemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA
Coding
30.0
Overall
53.1
Output $/M
$2.40
33
vs boards won of 33 shared

Nova Micro 1.0 or Nemotron 3 Ultra: which to pick

Only Nemotron 3 Ultra has a coding score, 30.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; Nova Micro 1.0 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick Nova Micro 1.0 for output tokens 17.1x cheaper ($0.14 vs $2.40 per million).

Model ANova Micro 1.0AmazonNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BNemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA30.0/1003 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved task
Shared results
33
Nova Micro 1.0 only
6
Nemotron 3 Ultra only
37
Like-for-like categories
7 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
Nova Micro 1.0 not benchmarked, Nemotron 3 Ultra 30.0 from 3 benchmarks.
Widest category
Agentic work, 69.3 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
Widest single gap
τ²-Bench Telecom: Nova Micro 1.0 14.0% against Nemotron 3 Ultra 83.3%, 69.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Nova Micro 1.0 $0.14 against Nemotron 3 Ultra $2.40 per million output tokens, 17.1x apart.
Context window
Nova Micro 1.0 takes 128K tokens, Nemotron 3 Ultra 262K.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryNova Micro 1.0BarsNemotron 3 UltraTies
Coding03
Intelligence01
Agentic work01
Reasoning05
Math02
Knowledge04
General017
All shared boards033
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index03
Coding benchmarks for Nova Micro 1.0 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkNova Micro 1.0Nemotron 3 UltraLeader
AA Coding IndexNot measured49.3Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured86.0%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured69.0%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)Not measured7.6%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Code migration (Vals AI)Not measured4.9%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
ProgramBench (Vals AI)Not measured0.0%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)Not measured50.9%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)14.0%Not measuredOnly Nova Micro 1.0 measured
SciCodeNot measured40.3%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)1.5%36.4%Nemotron 3 Ultra
FrontierCodeNot measured13.6%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
WeirdMLNot measured43.5%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LMArena Text: coding12181468Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: software and IT12151468Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 25 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Intelligence benchmarks for Nova Micro 1.0 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkNova Micro 1.0Nemotron 3 UltraLeader
AA Intelligence Index5.922.9Nemotron 3 Ultra
Epoch Capabilities IndexNot measured146.0Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Agentic work benchmarks for Nova Micro 1.0 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkNova Micro 1.0Nemotron 3 UltraLeader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured20.1Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)Not measured37.7%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)Not measured15.4%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured31.7%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
τ²-Bench Telecom14.0%83.3%Nemotron 3 Ultra
APEX-AgentsNot measured22.7%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Neither model has a result on the other 35 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
Reasoning benchmarks for Nova Micro 1.0 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkNova Micro 1.0Nemotron 3 UltraLeader
GPQA DiamondNot measured86.1%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)35.8%86.7%Nemotron 3 Ultra
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)4.6%28.4%Nemotron 3 Ultra
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)Not measured85.4%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Mystery game puzzlesNot measured20.0%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts11911452Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: expert11831472Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English12031453Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Math benchmarks for Nova Micro 1.0 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkNova Micro 1.0Nemotron 3 UltraLeader
AA Math Index6.0Not measuredOnly Nova Micro 1.0 measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)6.0%Not measuredOnly Nova Micro 1.0 measured
OTIS Mock AIMENot measured86.7%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
ProofBenchNot measured2.0%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LMArena Text: math12061457Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: mathematical work12121461Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Knowledge benchmarks for Nova Micro 1.0 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkNova Micro 1.0Nemotron 3 UltraLeader
MMLU ProNot measured85.8%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured82.1%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured65.5%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured73.1%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured38.6%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)53.1%Not measuredOnly Nova Micro 1.0 measured
MMLU70.8%Not measuredOnly Nova Micro 1.0 measured
LMArena Text: science12101465Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare12071456Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: legal and government12211452Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: business and finance11821434Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Nova Micro 1.0 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkNova Micro 1.0Nemotron 3 UltraLeader
Design Arena: websitesNot measured1145Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: UI componentsNot measured1136Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: game devNot measured1138Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: data vizNot measured1142Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: 3DNot measured1131Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: all code categoriesNot measured1146Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: SVGNot measured1069Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: ASCII artNot measured1100Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index017
General benchmarks for Nova Micro 1.0 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkNova Micro 1.0Nemotron 3 UltraLeader
IFBench29.4%81.4%Nemotron 3 Ultra
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)13.0%79.3%Nemotron 3 Ultra
DTBenchNot measured90.1%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LMCANot measured36.9%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LMArena Text12081445Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: instruction following11741418Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: creative writing11721399Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: English12241455Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: non-English11861427Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Chinese12091497Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: German11921472Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Japanese1154Not measuredOnly Nova Micro 1.0 measured
LMArena Text: Korean11501384Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: French12381472Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Spanish12251455Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Russian11851417Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: PolishNot measured1385Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn11781411Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: longer queries12051437Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: writing and language11921406Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: entertainment and media11631397Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 25 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Nova Micro 1.0 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkNova Micro 1.0Nemotron 3 UltraLeader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

Nova Micro 1.0$0.0001Fits in one request
Nemotron 3 Ultra$0.0018Fits in one request

Nova Micro 1.0 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Nova Micro 1.0$0.0022Fits in one request
Nemotron 3 Ultra$0.037Fits in one request

Nova Micro 1.0 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Nova Micro 1.0$0.0084Exceeds the context window
Nemotron 3 Ultra$0.144Fits in one request

Nova Micro 1.0 costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of Nova Micro 1.0 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
SpecificationAmazon Nova Micro 1.0NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra
MakerAmazonNVIDIA
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedDecember 5, 2024June 4, 2026
Context window128K262K
Input $/Mtok$0.035$0.60
Output $/Mtok$0.14$2.40
Coding indexNot benchmarked30.0
Independent measurements behind it03
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Nova Micro 1.0 better than Nemotron 3 Ultra for coding?

Only Nemotron 3 Ultra has a coding score, 30.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; Nova Micro 1.0 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Nova Micro 1.0 for output tokens 17.1x cheaper ($0.14 vs $2.40 per million).

Which is cheaper, Nova Micro 1.0 or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Nova Micro 1.0 costs $0.035 per million input tokens and $0.14 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Ultra costs $0.60 and $2.40. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

Which has the bigger context window, Nova Micro 1.0 or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Nemotron 3 Ultra, with 262K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks is the Nova Micro 1.0 vs Nemotron 3 Ultra comparison based on?

33 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Nova Micro 1.0's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Nemotron 3 Ultra's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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