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Nemotron 3 Ultra vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

Nemotron 3 Ultra (NVIDIA) and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct (Qwen) 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 (#54 vs #57); Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct is 1.6× cheaper per output token ($1.90/1M vs $3.13/1M); and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose Nemotron 3 Ultra if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #54 against #57 (56.6 vs 55.6 points).
  • AA τ²-Bench Telecom is your yardstick — 83.3% against 35.1%.
  • AA Humanity's Last Exam is your yardstick — 28.4% against 6.6%.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Nemotron 3 Ultra was listed 4 June 2026, Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct 23 September 2025.

Choose Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct if…

  • API cost matters — $1.90/1M output tokens against $3.13/1M, about 1.6× cheaper.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $0.21/1M against $0.625/1M.
  • you want to self-host: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct ships open weights while Nemotron 3 Ultra is restricted license.
  • you want provider choice — 5 listed API providers against 3.

Nemotron 3 Ultra vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Nemotron 3 Ultra and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
FieldNemotron 3 UltraNVIDIAQwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructQwen
ModelCap Index position#54#57
Index score56.655.6
EvidenceMeasuredMeasured
Input price / 1M tokens$0.625$0.21
Output price / 1M tokens$3.13$1.90
Context window262K tokens262K tokens
Max output tokens33K33K
API providers listed35
Weight accessRestricted licenseOpen weights
Input modalitiesTextText, Image
First listed4 June 202623 September 2025
PublisherNVIDIAQwen

Evidence: 1 public benchmark observation across 1 board · 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Nemotron 3 Ultra vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

Public benchmark boards where Nemotron 3 Ultra or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct has a published result
BoardNemotron 3 UltraQwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—14651451–1478Only one result
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=true35.1%tau2:telecom:dual-control:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Qwen3 VL 235B A22B":reasoning=falseNemotron 3 Ultra
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis28.4%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="Nemotron 3 Ultra":reasoning=true6.6%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="Qwen3 VL 235B A22B":reasoning=falseNemotron 3 Ultra

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 Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: common questions

Is Nemotron 3 Ultra better than Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?

Nemotron 3 Ultra ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 9 September 2026: #54 against #57. 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 Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens: $1.90/1M against $3.13/1M. Input tokens are $0.625/1M for Nemotron 3 Ultra and $0.21/1M for Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens. For 1,000 requests with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each (2M input + 0.5M output), the listed-rate estimate is $2.81 for Nemotron 3 Ultra versus $1.37 for Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct. Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct costs 51.3% less in this scenario. This excludes caching, batch discounts, prompt-length tiers, tool charges and retries; verify the selected endpoint before budgeting.

Which has the bigger context window, Nemotron 3 Ultra or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?

Both publish a 262K-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Nemotron 3 Ultra or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B 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 Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct open-weight models?

Nemotron 3 Ultra: Restricted license. Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: Open weights. 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 Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?

ModelCap currently lists 3 API providers for Nemotron 3 Ultra and 5 for Qwen3 VL 235B A22B 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 Qwen3 VL 235B A22B 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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