Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads Nemotron 3 Ultra on coding, 49.0 to 30.0 on the Vibe Coding Index, at about the same output price ($2.50 vs $2.40 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 58 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Replace Nemotron 3 Ultra

Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogle

Coding: 49.0
Overall: 49.8
Output $/M: $2.50

Nemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA

Coding: 30.0
Overall: 53.1
Output $/M: $2.40

vs boards won of 58 shared, 2 tied

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Nemotron 3 Ultra: which to pick

Pick Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite for coding: it scores 49.0 on the Vibe Coding Index against 30.0 for Nemotron 3 Ultra.

Pick Nemotron 3 Ultra for output tokens 1.0x cheaper ($2.40 vs $2.50 per million) and work measured by LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) or Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI), where it leads.

Model AGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogle49.0/1003 independent benchmarks$0.41 per solved task Model BNemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA30.0/1003 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved task

582713

Shared results: 58
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite only: 27
Nemotron 3 Ultra only: 13
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.

Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores 49.0 against 30.0.
3 benchmarks behind each score
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Nemotron 3 Ultra leads, 22.9 against 22.2.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Nemotron 3 Ultra leads, 20.1 against 14.3.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Nemotron 3 Ultra leads, 86.1% against 83.8%.
Same board, both measured
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads, 85.8% against 85.8%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Nemotron 3 Ultra has a Design Arena: websites result, 1145.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite takes 1.05M tokens against 262K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite $0.0015, Nemotron 3 Ultra $0.0018 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has the number, $0.41.
Directional only

At a glance

Coding index: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 49.0 from 3 benchmarks, Nemotron 3 Ultra 30.0 from 3 benchmarks.
Widest category: Math, 8.8 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap: Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI): Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 37.2% against Nemotron 3 Ultra 7.6%, 29.5 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite $2.50 against Nemotron 3 Ultra $2.40 per million output tokens, 1.0x apart.
Context window: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite takes 1.05M 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
Category	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite	Nemotron 3 Ultra	Ties
Coding	4	5	2 ties
Intelligence	0	2
Agentic work	3	2
Reasoning	0	8
Math	1	3
Knowledge	3	6
General	9	10
All shared boards	20	36	2 ties

CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index45

Coding benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Nemotron 3 Ultra
Benchmark	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite	Nemotron 3 Ultra	Leader
LMArena WebDev	1435	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
AA Coding Index	49.3	49.3	Tie
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)	79.0%	86.0%	Nemotron 3 Ultra
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)	75.0%	69.0%	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)	37.2%	7.6%	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Code migration (Vals AI)	6.2%	4.9%	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
ProgramBench (Vals AI)	0.0%	0.0%	Tie
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)	50.2%	50.9%	Nemotron 3 Ultra
CyberBench (Vals AI)	59.1%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
SciCode	41.3%	40.3%	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)	Not measured	36.4%	Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
FrontierCode	Not measured	13.6%	Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
WeirdML	39.0%	43.5%	Nemotron 3 Ultra
ALE-Bench	765.3	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: coding	1453	1468	Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: software and IT	1451	1468	Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena WebDev: React	1408	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena WebDev: from an image	1448	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
SciCode	6.2%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here

IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02

Intelligence benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Nemotron 3 Ultra
Benchmark	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite	Nemotron 3 Ultra	Leader
AA Intelligence Index	22.2	22.9	Nemotron 3 Ultra
Epoch Capabilities Index	144.9	146.0	Nemotron 3 Ultra

Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index32

Agentic work benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Nemotron 3 Ultra
Benchmark	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite	Nemotron 3 Ultra	Leader
AA Agentic Index	14.3	20.1	Nemotron 3 Ultra
Finance Agent (Vals AI)	47.4%	37.7%	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)	7.2%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)	13.9%	15.4%	Nemotron 3 Ultra
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)	43.2%	31.7%	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
τ²-Bench Telecom	Not measured	83.3%	Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
APEX-Agents	29.3%	22.7%	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
MCP Atlas	Not measured	63.1%	Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Neither model has a result on the other 34 boards here

ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index08

Reasoning benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Nemotron 3 Ultra
Benchmark	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite	Nemotron 3 Ultra	Leader
GPQA Diamond	83.8%	86.1%	Nemotron 3 Ultra
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)	83.6%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)	83.8%	86.7%	Nemotron 3 Ultra
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)	18.8%	28.4%	Nemotron 3 Ultra
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)	83.3%	85.4%	Nemotron 3 Ultra
ARC-AGI	53.5%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
ARC-AGI-2	10.3%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Chess puzzles	21.0%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Mystery game puzzles	19.0%	20.0%	Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: hard prompts	1441	1452	Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: expert	1434	1472	Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English	1440	1453	Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Vision: diagrams	1284	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Vision: homework	1291	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here

MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index13

Math benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Nemotron 3 Ultra
Benchmark	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite	Nemotron 3 Ultra	Leader
OTIS Mock AIME	71.1%	86.7%	Nemotron 3 Ultra
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3	26.0%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
FrontierMath, tier 4	0.0%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
ProofBench	13.0%	2.0%	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: math	1434	1457	Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: mathematical work	1433	1461	Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here

KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index36

Knowledge benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Nemotron 3 Ultra
Benchmark	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite	Nemotron 3 Ultra	Leader
MMLU Pro	85.8%	85.8%	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LegalBench (Vals AI)	84.1%	82.1%	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
CorpFin (Vals AI)	60.7%	65.5%	Nemotron 3 Ultra
TaxEval (Vals AI)	72.6%	73.1%	Nemotron 3 Ultra
MortgageTax (Vals AI)	68.7%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
MedCode (Vals AI)	43.5%	38.6%	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: science	1451	1465	Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare	1438	1456	Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: legal and government	1431	1452	Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: business and finance	1423	1434	Nemotron 3 Ultra
FACTS Benchmark Suite	53.5%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here

Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared

Web design benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Nemotron 3 Ultra
Benchmark	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite	Nemotron 3 Ultra	Leader
Design Arena: websites	Not measured	1145	Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: UI components	Not measured	1135	Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: game dev	Not measured	1138	Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: data viz	Not measured	1141	Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: 3D	Not measured	1131	Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: all code categories	Not measured	1146	Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: SVG	Not measured	1069	Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: ASCII art	Not measured	1100	Only 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 index910

General benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Nemotron 3 Ultra
Benchmark	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite	Nemotron 3 Ultra	Leader
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)	51.8%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
SAGE (Vals AI)	47.3%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)	70.9%	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
IFBench	Not measured	81.4%	Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)	76.0%	79.3%	Nemotron 3 Ultra
DTBench	83.5%	90.1%	Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMCA	37.6%	36.9%	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text	1435	1445	Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: instruction following	1419	1418	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: creative writing	1421	1399	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Vision	1269	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: English	1438	1455	Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: non-English	1427	1427	Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Chinese	1468	1497	Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: German	1454	1472	Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Japanese	1426	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Text: Korean	1407	1384	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: French	1451	1472	Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Spanish	1441	1455	Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Russian	1443	1417	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: Polish	1437	1385	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: multi-turn	1445	1411	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: longer queries	1435	1437	Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: writing and language	1428	1406	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text: entertainment and media	1414	1397	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Vision: English	1269	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Vision: Chinese	1311	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Vision: reading text	1280	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Vision: humor	1287	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing	1260	Not measured	Only Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite measured
Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here

Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared

Image generation benchmarks for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Nemotron 3 Ultra
Benchmark	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite	Nemotron 3 Ultra	Leader
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

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite$0.0015Fits in one request

Nemotron 3 Ultra$0.0018Fits in one request

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite$0.022Fits in one request

Nemotron 3 Ultra$0.037Fits in one request

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite$0.085Fits in one request

Nemotron 3 Ultra$0.144Fits in one request

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 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 Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Nemotron 3 Ultra
Specification	Google Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite	NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra
Maker	Google	NVIDIA
Weights	No public weights listed	Open weights
Released	July 21, 2026	June 4, 2026
Context window	1.05M	262K
Input $/Mtok	$0.30	$0.60
Output $/Mtok	$2.50	$2.40
Coding index	49.0	30.0
Independent measurements behind it	3	3
Cost per solved task	$0.41	Not computable
Source	OpenRouter listing	OpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than Nemotron 3 Ultra for coding?

Pick Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite for coding: it scores 49.0 on the Vibe Coding Index against 30.0 for Nemotron 3 Ultra. Pick Nemotron 3 Ultra for output tokens 1.0x cheaper ($2.40 vs $2.50 per million) and work measured by LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) or Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI), where it leads.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Ultra costs $0.60 and $2.40. Cost per solved task is known for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite only.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks is the Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Nemotron 3 Ultra comparison based on?

58 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite's coding index rests on 3 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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Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Nemotron 3 Ultra: which to pick

Which one for your work

Coding

Intelligence

Agentic work

Reasoning

Knowledge

Web design

Long documents

Everyday cost

Cost per solved task

At a glance

Benchmark by benchmark

What each workload costs

Chat turn

Repository review

Agent loop

Specification differences

Questions

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