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Nemotron 3 Ultra vs Solar Open2 250B

Nemotron 3 Ultra (NVIDIA) and Solar Open2 250B (Upstage) 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 19 August 2026

As of 19 August 2026, Nemotron 3 Ultra holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#43 vs #45).

Which should you choose?

Choose Nemotron 3 Ultra if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #43 against #45 (52.9 vs 51.4 points).
  • you want provider choice — 4 listed API providers against 0.
  • Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index is your yardstick — 38.3 against 37.4.

Choose Solar Open2 250B if…

  • you want the more recently listed model — Solar Open2 250B was listed 22 July 2026, Nemotron 3 Ultra 4 June 2026.

Nemotron 3 Ultra vs Solar Open2 250B: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Nemotron 3 Ultra and Solar Open2 250B
FieldNemotron 3 UltraNVIDIASolar Open2 250BUpstage
ModelCap Index position#43#45
Index score52.951.4
EvidenceMeasuredMeasured
Input price / 1M tokens$0.60Unlisted
Output price / 1M tokens$3.60Unlisted
Context window512K tokens— tokens
Max output tokens203K—
API providers listed40
Weight accessRestricted licenseRestricted license
Input modalitiesTextText
First listed4 June 202622 July 2026
PublisherNVIDIAUpstage

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

Benchmark scores: Nemotron 3 Ultra vs Solar Open2 250B

Public benchmark boards where Nemotron 3 Ultra or Solar Open2 250B has a published result
BoardNemotron 3 UltraSolar Open2 250BLeads
LMArena AgentLMArena-14.6%-17.2%–-12.1%—Only one result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis38.3intelligence-index37.4intelligence-indexNemotron 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 Solar Open2 250B: common questions

Is Nemotron 3 Ultra better than Solar Open2 250B?

Nemotron 3 Ultra ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 19 August 2026: #43 against #45. 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.

Is Nemotron 3 Ultra cheaper than Solar Open2 250B?

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 Solar Open2 250B?

Both publish a 512K-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Nemotron 3 Ultra or Solar Open2 250B?

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 Solar Open2 250B open-weight models?

Nemotron 3 Ultra: Restricted license. Solar Open2 250B: 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 Solar Open2 250B?

ModelCap currently lists 4 API providers for Nemotron 3 Ultra and 0 for Solar Open2 250B, 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 Solar Open2 250B comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 19 August 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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