Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 (Reasoning) vs Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high)

Comparing 2 AI models · 6 benchmarks · NVIDIA, Google

Most Affordable
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Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 (Reasoning)
$0.60/1M
Highest Intelligence
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Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high)
90.8% GPQA
Best for Coding
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Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high)
62.3 Coding Index
Price Difference
3.3x
input cost range

Composite Indices

Intelligence, Coding, Math

Standard Benchmarks

Academic and industry benchmarks

Benchmark Winners

6 tests
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Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 (Reasoning)

1
  • MATH 500
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Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high)

5
  • GPQA
  • MMLU Pro
  • HLE
  • LiveCodeBench
  • AIME 2025
Metric
NVIDIA logo Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 (Reasoning)
NVIDIA
Google logo Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high)
Google
Pricing
Per 1M tokens
Input Cost $0.60/1M $2.00/1M
Output Cost $1.80/1M $12.00/1M
Blended Cost 3:1 input/output ratio
$0.90/1M $4.50/1M
Specifications
Organization Model creator
NVIDIA Google
Release Date Launch date
Apr 7, 2025 Nov 18, 2025
Performance & Speed
Throughput Output speed
38.6 tok/s 138.9 tok/s
Time to First Token (TTFT) Initial response delay
733ms 26684ms
Latency Time to first answer token
52528ms 26684ms
Composite Indices
Intelligence Index Overall reasoning capability
38.5 72.8
Coding Index Programming ability
33.7 62.3
Math Index Mathematical reasoning
63.7 95.7
Standard Benchmarks
GPQA Graduate-level reasoning
72.8% 90.8%
MMLU Pro Advanced knowledge
82.5% 89.8%
HLE Hard language evaluation
8.1% 37.2%
LiveCodeBench Real-world coding tasks
64.1% 91.7%
MATH 500 Mathematical problems
95.2%
AIME 2025 Advanced math competition
63.7% 95.7%
AIME (Original) Math olympiad problems
74.7%
SciCode Scientific code generation
34.7% 56.1%
LCR Code review capability
7.3% 70.7%
IFBench Instruction-following
38.2% 70.4%
TAU-bench v2 Tool use & agentic tasks
11.4% 87.1%
TerminalBench Hard CLI command generation
2.1% 39.0%

Key Takeaways

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 (Reasoning) offers the best value at $0.60/1M, making it ideal for high-volume applications and cost-conscious projects.

Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high) leads in reasoning capabilities with a 90.8% GPQA score, excelling at complex analytical tasks and problem-solving.

Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high) achieves a 62.3 coding index, making it the top choice for software development and code generation tasks.

All models support context windows of ∞+ tokens, suitable for processing lengthy documents and maintaining extended conversations.

When to Choose Each Model

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Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 (Reasoning)

  • Cost-sensitive applications
  • High-volume processing
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Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high)

  • Complex reasoning tasks
  • Research & analysis
  • Code generation
  • Software development

Cost Calculator

NVIDIA logo Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 (Reasoning)
$0.00
per month
Google logo Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high)
$0.00
per month

Costs are estimates based on API pricing. Actual costs may vary based on caching, batch processing, and volume discounts.