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Nemotron 3 UltraOPEN
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra is an open frontier-reasoning and orchestration model from NVIDIA, with 55B active parameters out of 550B total (MoE).
Prices update automatically — checked daily against provider list prices.
- $0.93 per 1M tokens, assuming 3 input for 1 output the convention used by Artificial Analysis
- cheaper than 18% of the 191 open-weight models tracked here
- 9 of 10 NVIDIA models tracked here, from cheapest
Benchmarks & performance
Independent benchmark scores for Nemotron 3 Ultra, measured by Artificial Analysis. Higher is better. Measurement mode: Reasoning.
For the same budget, Nemotron 3 Ultra delivers 5.3 times more capability. Open weights also mean you can self-host it and pay nothing per token.
Models at this level cost $1.56 per 1M tokens (median of 23) — this one costs $0.93.
Cheaper and better on this index: GLM 5.3 Flash · Gemini 3.7 Flash · Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch) and 19 more
About this model
Nemotron 3 Ultra is an open-weight AI model by NVIDIA. You can download and self-host it for free; the prices below are hosted-API list prices, tracked daily, for when you prefer convenience over self-hosting.
Frequently asked questions
What is Nemotron 3 Ultra?
Nemotron 3 Ultra is an AI language model from NVIDIA. It is open-weight: you can download it and run it on your own hardware, for free. It scores 38.3 on the Artificial Analysis intelligence index.
Is Nemotron 3 Ultra free?
The weights are free and open — you can self-host Nemotron 3 Ultra and pay nothing per token. If you prefer a hosted API, list prices are $0.5 per million input tokens and $2.2 per million output tokens.
What is Nemotron 3 Ultra good at?
Independent benchmarks from Artificial Analysis give it GPQA 86.7%, Humanity's Last Exam 28.4%, Long Context Reasoning 71%, SciCode 39.9%, IFBench 81.4%, τ²-Bench 83.3%, τ-Bench Banking 14.2%, Terminal-Bench 53.9%, Terminal-Bench Hard 36.4%. It is particularly used for code generation.
How fast is Nemotron 3 Ultra?
It generates about 172.5 tokens per second, with a median 1.2s delay before the first token. Measured independently by Artificial Analysis.
Can I self-host Nemotron 3 Ultra?
Yes. Nemotron 3 Ultra has open weights, so you can download it and run it on your own GPU or server with tools like Ollama, vLLM or llama.cpp — with no per-token cost.