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Nemotron 3 Ultra vs o1

Nemotron 3 Ultra leads o1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 22.9 to 15.2, and Nemotron 3 Ultra costs 25.0x less per output token ($2.40 vs $60.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 45 benchmarks have a result for both.

Nemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA
Coding
30.0
Overall
53.1
Output $/M
$2.40
42
o1OpenAI
Coding
No data
Overall
44.6
Output $/M
$60.00
3
vs boards won of 45 shared

Nemotron 3 Ultra or o1: which to pick

Only Nemotron 3 Ultra has a coding score, 30.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; o1 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick o1 for work measured by WeirdML or TaxEval (Vals AI), where it leads.

Shared results
45
Nemotron 3 Ultra only
25
o1 only
24
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
Nemotron 3 Ultra 30.0 from 3 benchmarks, o1 not benchmarked.
Widest category
Agentic work, 20.8 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
Widest single gap
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI): Nemotron 3 Ultra 86.0% against o1 50.3%, 35.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Nemotron 3 Ultra $2.40 against o1 $60.00 per million output tokens, 25.0x apart.
Context window
Nemotron 3 Ultra takes 262K tokens, o1 200K.

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
CategoryNemotron 3 UltraBarso1Ties
Coding51
Intelligence20
Agentic work10
Reasoning70
Math30
Knowledge61
General181
All shared boards423
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index51
Coding benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Ultra and o1
BenchmarkNemotron 3 Ultrao1Leader
Aider polyglotNot measured61.7%Only o1 measured
AA Coding Index49.339.7Nemotron 3 Ultra
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)86.0%50.3%Nemotron 3 Ultra
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)69.0%Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)7.6%Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Code migration (Vals AI)4.9%Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
ProgramBench (Vals AI)0.0%Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)50.9%Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured67.9%Only o1 measured
SciCode40.3%Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)36.4%12.9%Nemotron 3 Ultra
FrontierCode13.6%Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
WeirdML43.5%46.1%o1
LMArena Text: coding14681367Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: software and IT14681366Nemotron 3 Ultra
SciCodeNot measured4.6%Only o1 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 23 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Intelligence benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Ultra and o1
BenchmarkNemotron 3 Ultrao1Leader
AA Intelligence Index22.915.2Nemotron 3 Ultra
Epoch Capabilities Index146.0141.7Nemotron 3 Ultra
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Agentic work benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Ultra and o1
BenchmarkNemotron 3 Ultrao1Leader
AA Agentic Index20.1Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)37.7%Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)15.4%Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)31.7%Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
τ²-Bench Telecom83.3%62.6%Nemotron 3 Ultra
APEX-Agents22.7%Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
METR time horizonsNot measured51.1%Only o1 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 34 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index70
Reasoning benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Ultra and o1
BenchmarkNemotron 3 Ultrao1Leader
GPQA Diamond86.1%73.2%Nemotron 3 Ultra
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)Not measured77.4%Only o1 measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)86.7%74.7%Nemotron 3 Ultra
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)28.4%7.0%Nemotron 3 Ultra
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)85.4%76.8%Nemotron 3 Ultra
ARC-AGINot measured30.7%Only o1 measured
SimpleBenchNot measured40.1%Only o1 measured
Chess puzzlesNot measured10.0%Only o1 measured
Mystery game puzzles20.0%Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
VPCTNot measured37.0%Only o1 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14521371Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: expert14721361Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14531372Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
Math benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Ultra and o1
BenchmarkNemotron 3 Ultrao1Leader
AIMENot measured71.5%Only o1 measured
MATH 500 (Vals AI)Not measured90.4%Only o1 measured
MGSM (Vals AI)Not measured89.3%Only o1 measured
OTIS Mock AIME86.7%73.3%Nemotron 3 Ultra
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3Not measured14.7%Only o1 measured
ProofBench2.0%Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
MATH level 5Not measured94.7%Only o1 measured
LMArena Text: math14571388Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: mathematical work14611390Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index61
Knowledge benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Ultra and o1
BenchmarkNemotron 3 Ultrao1Leader
MMLU Pro85.8%83.5%Nemotron 3 Ultra
LegalBench (Vals AI)82.1%80.4%Nemotron 3 Ultra
CorpFin (Vals AI)65.5%Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)73.1%74.3%o1
MedQA (Vals AI)Not measured96.5%Only o1 measured
MedCode (Vals AI)38.6%Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured84.1%Only o1 measured
SimpleQA VerifiedNot measured41.1%Only o1 measured
GeoBenchNot measured80.0%Only o1 measured
LMArena Text: science14651369Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14561355Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: legal and government14521368Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: business and finance14341328Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Ultra and o1
BenchmarkNemotron 3 Ultrao1Leader
Design Arena: websites1145Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: UI components1136Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: game dev1138Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: data viz1142Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: 3D1131Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: all code categories1146Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: SVG1069Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: ASCII art1100Not measuredOnly 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 index181
General benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Ultra and o1
BenchmarkNemotron 3 Ultrao1Leader
IFBench81.4%70.3%Nemotron 3 Ultra
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)79.3%65.0%Nemotron 3 Ultra
DTBench90.1%74.7%Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMCA36.9%22.3%Nemotron 3 Ultra
Fiction.LiveBenchNot measured83.3%Only o1 measured
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)Not measured70.2%Only o1 measured
LMArena Text14451366Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: instruction following14181367Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: creative writing13991347Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena VisionNot measured1168Only o1 measured
LMArena Text: English14551372Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: non-English14271358Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Chinese14971394Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: German14721337Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: JapaneseNot measured1346Only o1 measured
LMArena Text: Korean13841396o1
LMArena Text: French14721344Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Spanish14551345Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Russian14171356Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Polish1385Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn14111355Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: longer queries14371378Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: writing and language14061360Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13971358Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Vision: EnglishNot measured1162Only o1 measured
LMArena Vision: ChineseNot measured1235Only o1 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Ultra and o1
BenchmarkNemotron 3 Ultrao1Leader
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 Ultra$0.0018Fits in one request
o1$0.045Fits in one request

Nemotron 3 Ultra costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Nemotron 3 Ultra$0.037Fits in one request
o1$0.930Fits in one request

Nemotron 3 Ultra costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Nemotron 3 Ultra$0.144Fits in one request
o1$3.60Exceeds the context window

Nemotron 3 Ultra 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 Nemotron 3 Ultra and o1
SpecificationNVIDIA Nemotron 3 UltraOpenAI o1
MakerNVIDIAOpenAI
WeightsOpen weightsNo public weights listed
ReleasedJune 4, 2026December 17, 2024
Context window262K200K
Input $/Mtok$0.60$15.00
Output $/Mtok$2.40$60.00
Coding index30.0Not benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it30
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Nemotron 3 Ultra better than o1 for coding?

Only Nemotron 3 Ultra has a coding score, 30.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; o1 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick o1 for work measured by WeirdML or TaxEval (Vals AI), where it leads.

Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3 Ultra or o1?

Nemotron 3 Ultra costs $0.60 per million input tokens and $2.40 per million output tokens; o1 costs $15.00 and $60.00. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

Which has the bigger context window, Nemotron 3 Ultra or o1?

Nemotron 3 Ultra, with 262K tokens against 200K.

How many benchmarks is the Nemotron 3 Ultra vs o1 comparison based on?

45 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Nemotron 3 Ultra's coding index rests on 3 independent benchmarks and o1's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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