NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra
Analysis Summary
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra is a benchmarked model with particularly strong agentic performance, strong coding capability, and a 512K context window. Tool use and function calling support practical API orchestration, while the large context suits substantial codebases, technical documentation, and multi-step research. Its text-only modality is appropriate for software and operational workflows but not visual content tasks.
The model is a strong candidate for coding agents, terminal-style automation, internal developer tools, and structured business processes. Instruction following is useful, although its broader reasoning results sit below frontier flagship models, so high-stakes analysis and nuanced client content may need review. Listed pricing is moderate for the capability profile. Deploy it where reliable action sequencing matters, and reserve premium models for the hardest reasoning tasks.
Assessed August 9, 2026
Editorial notes
Nemotron 3 Ultra combines exceptional agentic capability with strong coding, a 512K context window, tool use, and function calling, while instruction following and reasoning are less advanced than flagship models.
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DFO Verdict
Nemotron 3 Ultra combines exceptional agentic capability with strong coding, a 512K context window, tool use, and function calling, while instruction following and reasoning are less advanced than flagship models.
Benchmark scores
Magenta = intelligence · Ink = technical/agentic · Cyan = content & long-context · Grey = community benchmarks. Data: Artificial Analysis, Hugging Face.
37.8 Intelligence Index·49.3 Coding Index·59.8 Agentic Index
How NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra compares
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra ranks #77 of 425 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #67 of 198 for coding, #4 of 180 for agentic tasks. Its 512K-token context window is larger than 79% of the models we list. At $0.60 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 35% of comparable models.
Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.
1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
Strongest on business fit. The pulled-in intelligence corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.
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| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.60 | $0.000600 |
| Output | $3.60 | $0.003600 |
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Talk to our teamAbout NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra is an open frontier-reasoning and orchestration model from NVIDIA, with 55B active parameters out of 550B total (MoE). Built on a hybrid Transformer-Mamba mixture-of-experts architecture, it..
Frequently asked questions about NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra
How much does NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra cost?
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra costs $0.60 per million input tokens and $3.60 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra?
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra has a context window of 512,288 tokens (512K).
Is NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra good for coding?
On our coding benchmark index, NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra ranks #67 of 198 models, placing it in the broader range of the field for code generation and debugging.
What can NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra do?
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra supports tool use and function calling.
Who created NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra?
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra is developed by NVIDIA and was released on June 4, 2026.