Nemotron 3 Ultra vs Solar Mini 4
Solar Mini 4 leads Nemotron 3 Ultra on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 24.1 to 22.9, and Solar Mini 4 costs 12.0x less per output token ($0.20 vs $2.40 per million). Updated October 23, 2026; 8 benchmarks have a result for both.
Nemotron 3 Ultra or Solar Mini 4: which to pick
Only Nemotron 3 Ultra has a coding score, 30.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; Solar Mini 4 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Solar Mini 4 for output tokens 12.0x cheaper ($0.20 vs $2.40 per million) and a larger context window (524K against 262K tokens).
- Shared results
- 8
- Nemotron 3 Ultra only
- 63
- Solar Mini 4 only
- 0
- Like-for-like categories
- 5 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
Only Nemotron 3 Ultra has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Solar Mini 4
Solar Mini 4 leads, 24.1 against 22.9.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Nemotron 3 Ultra has a AA Agentic Index result, 20.1.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Nemotron 3 Ultra has a GPQA Diamond result, 86.1%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Nemotron 3 Ultra has a MMLU Pro result, 85.8%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Solar Mini 4
Solar Mini 4 leads, 1159 against 1145.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Solar Mini 4
Solar Mini 4 takes 524K tokens against 262K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Solar Mini 4
Nemotron 3 Ultra $0.0018, Solar Mini 4 $0.0001 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Nemotron 3 Ultra 30.0 from 3 benchmarks, Solar Mini 4 not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Coding, 7.3 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- Design Arena: UI components: Nemotron 3 Ultra 1135 against Solar Mini 4 1075, 7.5 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Nemotron 3 Ultra $2.40 against Solar Mini 4 $0.20 per million output tokens, 12.0x apart.
- Context window
- Nemotron 3 Ultra takes 262K tokens, Solar Mini 4 524K.
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 Ultra | Bars | Solar Mini 4 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 1 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 1 | 0 | ||
| Web design | 2 | 2 | ||
| General | 0 | 1 | ||
| All shared boards | 3 | 5 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index01
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Solar Mini 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Coding Index | 49.3 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 86.0% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 69.0% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 7.6% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 4.9% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 50.9% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| SciCode | 40.3% | 47.6% | Solar Mini 4 |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 36.4% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| FrontierCode | 13.6% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| WeirdML | 43.5% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1467 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1468 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 30 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Solar Mini 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 22.9 | 24.1 | Solar Mini 4 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 146.0 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Solar Mini 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 20.1 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 37.7% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 15.4% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 31.7% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 83.3% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| APEX-Agents | 22.7% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| MCP Atlas | 63.1% | Not measured | 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 index10
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Solar Mini 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 86.1% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 86.7% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 28.4% | 25.8% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 85.4% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 20.0% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1452 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1472 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1453 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Solar Mini 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 86.7% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| ProofBench | 2.0% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1457 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1462 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index9 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Solar Mini 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 85.8% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 82.1% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 65.5% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 73.1% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 38.6% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1465 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1455 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1453 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1435 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index22
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Solar Mini 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1145 | 1159 | Solar Mini 4 |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1135 | 1075 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1138 | 1106 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1142 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1132 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1146 | 1150 | Solar Mini 4 |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1069 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1100 | Not measured | 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 index01
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Solar Mini 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 81.4% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 79.3% | 83.3% | Solar Mini 4 |
| DTBench | 90.1% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMCA | 36.9% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMArena Text | 1445 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1418 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1398 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1454 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1427 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1498 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1474 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1385 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1473 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1454 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1417 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1385 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1411 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1437 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1405 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1397 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 28 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Solar Mini 4 | 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
Solar Mini 4 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Solar Mini 4 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Solar Mini 4 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 Ultra | Upstage Solar Mini 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | NVIDIA | Upstage |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | June 4, 2026 | September 23, 2026 |
| Context window | 262K | 524K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.60 | $0.05 |
| Output $/Mtok | $2.40 | $0.20 |
| Coding index | 30.0 | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 3 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Nemotron 3 Ultra better than Solar Mini 4 for coding?
Only Nemotron 3 Ultra has a coding score, 30.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; Solar Mini 4 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Solar Mini 4 for output tokens 12.0x cheaper ($0.20 vs $2.40 per million) and a larger context window (524K against 262K tokens).
Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3 Ultra or Solar Mini 4?
Nemotron 3 Ultra costs $0.60 per million input tokens and $2.40 per million output tokens; Solar Mini 4 costs $0.05 and $0.20. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Nemotron 3 Ultra or Solar Mini 4?
Solar Mini 4, with 524K tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks is the Nemotron 3 Ultra vs Solar Mini 4 comparison based on?
8 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 23, 2026. Nemotron 3 Ultra's coding index rests on 3 independent benchmarks and Solar Mini 4's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.