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Nemotron 3 Ultra vs Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct

Nemotron 3 Ultra (NVIDIA) and Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct (NVIDIA) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 9 September 2026

As of 9 September 2026, Nemotron 3 Ultra holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#51 vs #126).

Which should you choose?

Choose Nemotron 3 Ultra if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #51 against #126 (57.2 vs 31.2 points).
  • you want provider choice — 3 listed API providers against 0.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Nemotron 3 Ultra was listed 4 June 2026, Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct 14 January 2026.

Choose Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct if…

  • ModelCap publishes no field on which Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct leads Nemotron 3 Ultra for this pair.

Nemotron 3 Ultra vs Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Nemotron 3 Ultra and Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct
FieldNemotron 3 UltraNVIDIANemotron Research GooseReason 4B InstructNVIDIA
ModelCap Index position#51#126
Index score57.231.2
EvidenceMeasuredInherited
Input price / 1M tokens$0.625Unlisted
Output price / 1M tokens$3.13Unlisted
Context window262K tokens— tokens
Max output tokens33K—
API providers listed30
Weight accessRestricted licenseRestricted license
Input modalitiesTextText
First listed4 June 202614 January 2026
PublisherNVIDIANVIDIA

Evidence: 1 public benchmark observation across 1 board · finetune of Qwen/Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507 · finetune (100%). Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Nemotron 3 Ultra vs Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct

Public benchmark boards where Nemotron 3 Ultra or Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct has a published result
BoardNemotron 3 UltraNemotron Research GooseReason 4B InstructLeads
AA Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis23.4intelligence-index:v4.3:reasoning-unspecified—Only one result
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1Artificial Analysis53.9%terminal-bench:2.1:terminus-2:e2b:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Nemotron 3 Ultra":reasoning=true—Only one result
AA τ²-Bench TelecomArtificial Analysis83.3%tau2:telecom:dual-control:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Nemotron 3 Ultra":reasoning=true—Only one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis28.4%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="Nemotron 3 Ultra":reasoning=true—Only one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Nemotron 3 Ultra vs Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct: common questions

Is Nemotron 3 Ultra better than Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct?

Nemotron 3 Ultra ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 9 September 2026: #51 against #126. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is Nemotron 3 Ultra cheaper than Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, Nemotron 3 Ultra or Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct?

Both publish a 262K-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Nemotron 3 Ultra or Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are Nemotron 3 Ultra and Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct open-weight models?

Nemotron 3 Ultra: Restricted license. Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct: Restricted license. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Nemotron 3 Ultra and Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct?

ModelCap currently lists 3 API providers for Nemotron 3 Ultra and 0 for Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Nemotron 3 Ultra vs Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 9 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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