Nemotron 3 Super vs Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct
Nemotron 3 Super leads Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 12.8 to 6.7, and Nemotron 3 Super costs 2.2x less per output token ($0.45 vs $1.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 25 benchmarks have a result for both.
Nemotron 3 Super or Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Nemotron 3 Super for output tokens 2.2x cheaper ($0.45 vs $1.00 per million) and a larger context window (262K against 33K tokens).
- Shared results
- 25
- Nemotron 3 Super only
- 13
- Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct only
- 10
- Like-for-like categories
- 6 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
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Nemotron 3 Super
Nemotron 3 Super leads, 12.8 against 6.7.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Nemotron 3 Super has a AA Agentic Index result, 1.7.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Nemotron 3 Super
Nemotron 3 Super takes 262K tokens against 33K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Nemotron 3 Super
Nemotron 3 Super $0.0003, Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct $0.0012 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Nemotron 3 Super not benchmarked, Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Knowledge, 26.6 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run): Nemotron 3 Super 80.0% against Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct 41.7%, 38.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Nemotron 3 Super $0.45 against Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct $1.00 per million output tokens, 2.2x apart.
- Context window
- Nemotron 3 Super takes 262K tokens, Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct 33K.
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.
| Category | Nemotron 3 Super | Bars | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 2 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 5 | 0 | ||
| Math | 2 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 4 | 0 | ||
| General | 11 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 25 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index20
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider polyglot | Not measured | 16.4% | Only Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct measured |
| SWE-bench Verified | Not measured | 47.0% | Only Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct measured |
| AA Coding Index | 37.7 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Super measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 29.5% | Only Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct measured |
| SciCode | 36.2% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Super measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 28.8% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Super measured |
| WeirdML | 38.0% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Super measured |
| ALE-Bench | 213.9 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Super measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1403 | 1276 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1409 | 1261 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| Neither model has a result on the other 29 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 12.8 | 6.7 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 119.5 | Only Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 1.7 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Super measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 67.8% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Super measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 39 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 80.0% | 41.7% | Nemotron 3 Super |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 20.8% | 3.5% | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1386 | 1251 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1398 | 1221 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1397 | 1269 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GSM8K | Not measured | 93.0% | Only Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1380 | 1251 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1405 | 1243 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 63.5% | Only Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct measured |
| MMLU | Not measured | 79.1% | Only Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct measured |
| AI2 Reasoning Challenge | Not measured | 70.5% | Only Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1387 | 1221 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1383 | 1187 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1392 | 1257 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1364 | 1224 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
Web designNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 9 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index110
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 71.5% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Super measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 65.7% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Super measured |
| HellaSwag | Not measured | 83.0% | Only Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct measured |
| WinoGrande | Not measured | 80.8% | Only Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text | 1378 | 1230 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1347 | 1223 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1317 | 1174 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: English | 1400 | 1248 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1356 | 1205 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1431 | 1222 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: German | 1341 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Super measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1403 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Super measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1418 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Super measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1336 | 1228 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1346 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Super measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1369 | 1222 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1362 | 1251 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1332 | 1191 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1336 | 1150 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | 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
Nemotron 3 Super costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Nemotron 3 Super costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Nemotron 3 Super 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.
| Specification | NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | NVIDIA | Qwen |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | March 11, 2026 | November 11, 2024 |
| Context window | 262K | 33K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.085 | $0.66 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.45 | $1.00 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Nemotron 3 Super better than Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Nemotron 3 Super for output tokens 2.2x cheaper ($0.45 vs $1.00 per million) and a larger context window (262K against 33K tokens).
Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3 Super or Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct?
Nemotron 3 Super costs $0.085 per million input tokens and $0.45 per million output tokens; Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct costs $0.66 and $1.00. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Nemotron 3 Super or Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct?
Nemotron 3 Super, with 262K tokens against 33K.
How many benchmarks is the Nemotron 3 Super vs Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct comparison based on?
25 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Nemotron 3 Super's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.