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Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Nemotron 3 Ultra
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Winner summary
Nemotron 3 Ultra wins on 5/8 benchmarks
Nemotron 3 Ultra wins 5 of 8 shared benchmarks. Leads in knowledge · general · math.
Category leads
knowledge·Nemotron 3 Ultrageneral·Nemotron 3 Ultramath·Nemotron 3 Ultracoding·Claude Sonnet 4.5
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Claude Sonnet 4.5
#221 by perf·#11 by attention
Nemotron 3 Ultra
#172 by perf·#13 by attention
Best value
Nemotron 3 Ultra
7.2x better value than Claude Sonnet 4.5
Claude Sonnet 4.5
4.2 pts/$
$9.00/M
Nemotron 3 Ultra
30.1 pts/$
$1.50/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Anthropic
$965.0B·Tier 1
NVIDIA
$4.07T·Big Tech
Head to head
8 benchmarks · 2 models
Claude Sonnet 4.5Nemotron 3 Ultra
Chess Puzzles
Nemotron 3 Ultra leads by +2.1
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
Claude Sonnet 4.5
5.3
Nemotron 3 Ultra
7.4
Dtbench
Nemotron 3 Ultra leads by +11.5
Claude Sonnet 4.5
72.0
Nemotron 3 Ultra
83.5
GPQA diamond
Nemotron 3 Ultra leads by +4.2
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
Claude Sonnet 4.5
79.6
Nemotron 3 Ultra
83.8
Lmca
Claude Sonnet 4.5 leads by +2.2
Claude Sonnet 4.5
45.6
Nemotron 3 Ultra
43.4
Mystery Game Puzzles
Nemotron 3 Ultra leads by +3.3
Claude Sonnet 4.5
8.6
Nemotron 3 Ultra
11.9
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
Nemotron 3 Ultra leads by +8.9
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
Claude Sonnet 4.5
77.8
Nemotron 3 Ultra
86.7
Proofbench
Claude Sonnet 4.5 leads by +17.0
Claude Sonnet 4.5
19.0
Nemotron 3 Ultra
2.0
WeirdML
Claude Sonnet 4.5 leads by +4.3
WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns.
Claude Sonnet 4.5
47.7
Nemotron 3 Ultra
43.5
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
Chess Puzzles Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities. | 5.3 | 7.4 |
Dtbench | 72.0 | 83.5 |
GPQA diamond Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs. | 79.6 | 83.8 |
Lmca | 45.6 | 43.4 |
Mystery Game Puzzles | 8.6 | 11.9 |
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills. | 77.8 | 86.7 |
Proofbench | 19.0 | 2.0 |
WeirdML WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns. | 47.7 | 43.5 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $3.00 | $15.00 | 1.0M tokens (~500 books) | $60.00 | |
| $0.60 | $2.40 | 262K tokens (~131 books) | $10.50 |