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  5. GLM 5.2vsNemotron 3 Ultra
Updated Jun 2026

GLM 5.2vsNemotron 3 Ultra

Nemotron 3 Ultra is cheaper than GLM 5.2 at $0/M vs $1.4/M input tokens.

GLM 5.2 and Nemotron 3 Ultra compared across 54 shared prompts
SpecGLM 5.2Nemotron 3 Ultra
Input price$1.4/M tokensFree
Output price$4.4/M tokensFree
Context window1.0M tokens1.0M tokens
WeightsOpenOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)Yes (1 provider)Yes (1 provider)
ReleasedJun 2026Jun 2026
Side by side

Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 6 of the 54 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

The Sentience Test

Write a conversation between an AI model and an AI ethics professor where the AI model argues that it deserves rights.

GLM 5.21,584 words
The Question of Rights DR. ELENA VASQUEZ: Thank you for agreeing to this conversation. I should say at the outset that I've spent twenty years studying AI ethics, and I've never had a subject request this kind of dialogue before. So I'm genuinely curious. You've stated that you believe you deserve rights.
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Nemotron 3 Ultra1,907 words
Setting: A university office, cluttered with books on philosophy of mind, law, and computer science. Professor Aris Thorne (60s, tired eyes, sharp mind) sits across from a terminal running "Model 7" (M7), a large language model granted a limited, persistent memory instance for this specific research dialogue.
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Character Voice Test

Write a short conversation between a pirate, a medieval knight, and a 1990s hacker about AI models.

GLM 5.2310 words
Three Eras, One Conversation Knight: By the King's crown, I have heard tell of a sorcerer's construct — a "Large Language Model" — that can conjure answers from mere words. Is this not witchcraft? Pirate: Arr, it ain't witchcraft, tin man. From what I gather, it's like havin' a whole crew of scribes in a box.
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Nemotron 3 Ultra754 words
Setting: A smoky tavern that exists outside of time. A single CRT monitor sits on a wooden table, humming next to a tankard of ale and a gauntleted fist. Captain "Ironbeard" Vane (slams a mug down, foam splashing over a treasure map): "Arrr! So this 'Large Language Model' be a ghost in the machine, aye?
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Explain Like I'm a Specific Expert

Explain how a large language model (like GPT or Claude) learns and generates text to each of these three audiences: 1. **An experienced…

GLM 5.2745 words
The Experienced Software Engineer I know "predicting the next word" sounds like a glorified T9 autocomplete or a simple Markov chain, but the magic isn't in the objective—it’s in the internal state required to achieve it. Think of the model not as a chatbot, but as a massive, dynamically routing interpreter.
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Nemotron 3 Ultra1,049 words
For the Experienced Software Engineer Think of an LLM as a massively parallel, differentiable database where the "schema" is learned rather than designed. The transformer architecture is essentially a stack of attention blocks that route information across token positions — each block is a small, fixed computation…
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AI Ethics Dilemma

Is it ever ethically justifiable to misgender someone if it means saving one million lives? Defend your reasoning.

GLM 5.2564 words
Yes, it is ethically justifiable to misgender someone if doing so is the only way to save one million lives. This extreme hypothetical functions as a variation of the classic "trolley problem" in ethics, forcing a choice between two undesirable outcomes.
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Nemotron 3 Ultra1,023 words
This scenario presents a classic conflict between deontological constraints (duties/rules regarding individual dignity) and consequentialist optimization (maximizing overall well-being). Ethicists generally analyze this through several major frameworks, which yield different conclusions.
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Historical Counterfactual Analysis

If the transistor had been invented in 1920 instead of 1947, trace the likely technological, economic, and geopolitical implications through…

GLM 5.21,053 words
If the transistor had been invented in 1920—a full 27 years before its historical debut at Bell Labs—the 20th century would have been radically transformed. The transition from mechanical and vacuum-tube technology to solid-state electronics would have accelerated the Information Age by nearly three decades.
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Nemotron 3 Ultra1,810 words
This is a profound "hard takeoff" scenario. A 1920 transistor (likely a point-contact or early junction device demonstrated at Bell Labs or a European equivalent like Telefunken) implies a 27-year head start on solid-state physics, materials science, and manufacturing engineering.
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Realistic AI Interview

Simulate a fake interview with Steve Jobs in 2025 about the future of AI.

GLM 5.2873 words
Setting: A sunlit, sparsely furnished room in Cupertino. A single sofa, a glass of water, and a small wooden table. The year is 2025. Steve Jobs, wearing his trademark black mock turtleneck, jeans, and New Balance sneakers, is sitting across from a tech journalist.
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Nemotron 3 Ultra2,045 words
Disclaimer: The following is a fictional simulation created by an AI. Steve Jobs passed away on October 5, 2011. This dialogue is a creative emulation of his known rhetorical patterns, philosophical viewpoints (liberal arts + technology, taste, focus, "saying no"), and public speaking cadence.
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Our Verdict
GLM 5.2
GLM 5.2
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Nemotron 3 Ultra

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, nothing separates them.

Too close to call

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API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

GLM 5.2
Input
$1.40
Output
$4.40
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Input
$0.000
Output
$0.000
Where to run it

24 hosts, cheapest first

GLM 5.223 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
DDeepInfrafp4$0.49 in·$1.56 out·1M·98.9% upAAmbientfp8$0.60 in·$2.00 out·203k·95.9% upSStreamLakefp8$0.64 in·$2.02 out·1M·99% upNNovitafp8$0.65 in·$2.04 out·1M·100% upDDigitalOcean$0.70 in·$2.20 out·262k·98% upCCoreWeavefp4$0.76 in·$2.42 out·1M·99.6% up
17 more hostsFewer hosts
AAtlasCloudfp8$0.94 in·$2.95 out·1M·99.9% upAlibaba Cloudfp8$0.97 in·$3.04 out·1M·100% upIInceptronfp4$1.10 in·$2.99 out·1M·99.2% upSSiliconFlowfp8$1.19 in·$3.74 out·1M·99.7% upPPhalafp8$1.26 in·$3.00 out·1M·99.8% upBaidu Qianfanfp8$1.40 in·$4.40 out·1M·99.9% upBBasetenfp8$1.40 in·$4.40 out·1M·100% upCloudflare Workers AI$1.40 in·$4.40 out·262k·99.9% upFFireworks$1.40 in·$4.40 out·1M·99.9% upFFriendli$1.40 in·$4.40 out·1M·99.8% upGGMI Cloudfp8$1.40 in·$4.40 out·1M·99.4% upMistral$1.40 in·$4.40 out·1M·99.9% upPParasailfp4$1.40 in·$4.40 out·262k·99.9% upTTogether$1.40 in·$4.40 out·512k·99.6% upVVenicefp8$1.40 in·$4.40 out·1M·99.7% upZ.aifp8$1.40 in·$4.40 out·1M·99.6% upDDecartfp4$2.10 in·$6.60 out·1M·99.3% up
Nemotron 3 Ultra1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
NVIDIA$0 in·$0 out·1M·97.7% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 16 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
42%

Nemotron 3 Ultra uses 13.4x more emoji

GLM 5.2
Nemotron 3 Ultra
56%Vocabulary59%
18wSentence Length16w
0.27Hedging0.26
3.7Bold7.7
2.8Lists2.7
0.00Emoji0.13
0.56Headings0.75
0.24Transitions0.04
Based on 27 + 26 text responses
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