NVIDIA
Nemotron 3 Ultra
NVIDIA's flagship open-weight model, positioned around deployment efficiency.
Our editorial assessment, based on the public sources listed below. Last reviewed .
- Overall rank
- #54
- Tier
- A
- Score
- 76.1
- Main category
- Overall
Strengths
- Strongest U.S.-origin open-weight entrant on independent intelligence indexes
- Deployment efficiency is the explicit design goal
- A free-serving route on aggregators has driven fast adoption
Considerations
- Sits below the leading Chinese open-weight models on intelligence indexes
- Ecosystem tooling is younger than Llama- or Qwen-based stacks
- Weighted-average hosted pricing varies widely by provider
Price
Open weights; low-cost hosted routes incl. a free tier
Shown for reference — price is not part of the score.
Score breakdown
- Performance
- 76.0
- 55% of score
- Reputation
- 74.0
- 35% of score
- Recency
- 84.0
- 10% of score
The overall score combines these sub-scores using the weights shown. How we score →
Verification status
Each field carries its own re-verification date. Amber means older than 90 days — treat those figures as stale until re-checked.
- Pricing
- Benchmark
- Reputation
- Feature list
Checked against the sources listed below.
Sources
- Artificial Analysis: Nemotron 3 Ultra launch (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
- Decrypt: NVIDIA open model Nemotron 3 Ultra (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
- NVIDIA Nemotron docs: Nemotron 3 Ultra base model (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
- The Open Weight Models that Matter: June 2026 (OpenRouter) (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
- DemandSphere — AI Frontier Model Tracker (updated Aug 6, 2026) (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
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