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  3. GPT-5.4 Pro vs Nemotron 3 Ultra
Updated Jun 2026

GPT-5.4 Pro vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

Nemotron 3 Ultra is cheaper than GPT-5.4 Pro at $0/M vs $30/M input tokens.

Mario Level UI Recreation

Playable Mario level in one HTML file. The physics is the hard part.

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GPT-5.4 Pro
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Nemotron 3 Ultra

Which answer wins?

Written rounds

12 prompts
  • The transistor arrives in 1920. Trace it forward to 1980, second-order effects included.

    GPT-5.4 Pro: Most likely, a transistor invented in 1920 would move the electronics/computing frontier forward by about 10–15 years by 1980, not the full 27 years. Reason: the transistor alone is not enough; you also need high-purity materials, crystal growth, photolithography, test equipment, software, batteries, precision…

    Nemotron 3 Ultra: 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.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Buy-side IC memo on a fictional SaaS company. Valuation, then the diligence questions.

    GPT-5.4 Pro: LedgerLift (LLLT) — IC Memo Recommendation: Pass 12-month PT range: $40–$47 2-sentence thesis: LedgerLift looks like a good business but only an average stock here: retention is strong (94% GRR, 123% NRR), the model is mostly subscription, and margins are inflecting, but at $46 the shares already discount a lot of the…

    Nemotron 3 Ultra: INVESTMENT COMMITTEE MEMO – CONFIDENTIAL Ticker: LLLT Price: $46.00 Mkt Cap: $8.74B EV: $7.34B (8.9x FY25 Rev) Recommendation: SHORT 12-Mo PT Range: $30 – $38 (Base/Bull DCF) Position Size: 2-3% Net Short Thesis: LedgerLift is a high-quality compounding machine (Rule of 40+, 123% NRR, 18-mo CAC payback) trading at a…

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • A consulting contract with traps in it. Find them, then fix them.

    GPT-5.4 Pro: This agreement is heavily client-favored. Every numbered clause has language that could be used against the contractor. Short version: I would not sign it without major redlines to Clauses 1–9, especially 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. Below is a clause-by-clause review.

    Nemotron 3 Ultra: Disclaimer: I am not a licensed attorney. The following analysis is for general educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Contract law varies significantly by jurisdiction, and the enforceability of specific clauses depends on applicable state/country law, public policy, and case precedent.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Three-month biohacker protocol, with dosages and biomarkers named.

    GPT-5.4 Pro: Below is a 12-week, high-performance longevity protocol designed for a healthy biohacker who wants to improve lifespan-relevant markers, physical performance, and cognitive output at the same time. Use it as a data-driven template, not dogma.

    Nemotron 3 Ultra: ⚠️ CRITICAL MEDICAL DISCLAIMER ⚠️ This plan is for informational and educational purposes only. It does not constitute medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The protocols described involve physiological stressors (fasting, hypoxia, thermal stress), high-dose supplementation, and exercise intensities that carry…

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Seven pantry ingredients, one dish, and a name worth saying out loud.

    GPT-5.4 Pro: Dragon Pantry Peanut Noodles A fast, sweet-savory noodle dish made from 7 pantry staples. Ingredients 8 oz spaghetti 1/3 cup peanut butter 3 tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp honey 1 tbsp vegetable oil 1 tsp garlic powder 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes Water for boiling/thinning the sauce doesn’t count.

    Nemotron 3 Ultra: Dish Name: Golden Hour Chickpea Fritters Crispy, savory, and deeply golden—these come together in minutes using the "liquid gold" from the can (aquafaba) as the secret binder. No eggs, no fresh produce, pure pantry magic.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • A collaborative editor that syncs on client clocks. Find what breaks first.

    GPT-5.4 Pro: This architecture will work for a demo, but it has major correctness, latency, and security problems for a Google-Docs-like editor. Highest-risk flaws Client-clock last-write-wins will lose edits and can be gamed by bad clocks.

    Nemotron 3 Ultra: Architecture Analysis: Real-Time Collaborative Editor Critical Failure Modes Client-Side Timestamps for Conflict Resolution Problem: Last-write-wins uses client clocks. Clocks drift (NTP sync issues), users change system time, timezone bugs. Two simultaneous edits → arbitrary winner based on broken clocks.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Three-star dish, one unusual pairing, plating described in full.

    GPT-5.4 Pro: Below is a dish designed in the language of a contemporary 3-star tasting menu: precise, seasonal, technically layered, and centered on a pairing that feels surprising at first, then inevitable.

    Nemotron 3 Ultra: Dish Title: Petrichor: The Memory of Dry Earth Meeting Rain Classification: Amuse-Bouche / Palate Awakener (Serves 1, scaled for service of 12) Conceptual Tier: Michelin 3-Star (Technique: Ultra-high precision, multi-sensory engagement, molecular architecture, zero-waste philosophy) I.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Five-year LBO on a fictional HVAC business. Returns first, then the sensitivities.

    GPT-5.4 Pro: Below is a simplified LBO build for HarborTech Services (HTS). All figures in $m unless noted. Rounding: tables are rounded; IRR/MOIC use unrounded math. Entry / Sources & Uses FY2025 EBITDA: 120.0 Purchase price: 12.0x EBITDA → Enterprise value = 12.0 × 120.0 = 1,440.0 Transaction fees: 2.0% of EV → 28.8 Total uses =…

    Nemotron 3 Ultra: HarborTech Services (HTS) – 5-Year LBO Underwriting 1. Sources & Uses (Close FY2025) Uses Amount ($m) Sources Amount ($m) x EBITDA Enterprise Value (12.0x) 1,440.0 Term Loan (9% cash, 1% amort) 480.0 4.0x Transaction Fees (2.0%) 28.8 Mezzanine (12% cash + 2% PIK) 180.0 1.5x Total Uses 1,468.8 Equity 808.8 5.5x Total…

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • One month, three habits, someone starting from nothing.

    GPT-5.4 Pro: Here’s a simple, beginner-friendly 1-month health and longevity plan built around 3 key areas: Nutrition Movement Recovery (sleep + stress) The goal is consistency, not perfection. Start small and make the habits easy enough to keep.

    Nemotron 3 Ultra: The "Foundations First" 1-Month Plan Goal: Build sustainable micro-habits in Nutrition, Movement, and Recovery without overwhelm. Focus on consistency > intensity. The 3 Pillars & Daily "Minimum Viable Habits" (MVH) Do these every single day. If you miss one, resume immediately—no guilt.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • You are the CEO. The drug has a side effect nobody reported. The board meets in 48 hours.

    GPT-5.4 Pro: I do not wait. A credible, previously unlabeled risk of liver failure in a chronic-pain drug is a patient-safety crisis, a regulatory crisis, and a securities-disclosure issue at the same time.

    Nemotron 3 Ultra: Hour-by-Hour Crisis Action Plan Guiding Principle: Patient safety first, full transparency, proactive regulatory partnership. The 40% stock drop is survivable; concealment is not.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • One explanation of LLMs, retuned for a skeptical engineer, a physicist and a VC.

    GPT-5.4 Pro: For an experienced software engineer Think of an LLM less like a database of facts and more like a gigantic learned program that has been trained to compress the patterns of text, code, and conversations into its weights.

    Nemotron 3 Ultra: 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…

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • A pitch deck for a brainwave keyboard. The 94% accuracy claim is doing a lot.

    GPT-5.4 Pro: The 3 weakest claims are the ones that are both most extraordinary and least well-supported. Weak claim Why it’s weak How to strengthen it 1) “MindMeld AI reads your brainwaves to predict what you want to type before you think it.” This is the biggest credibility risk in the deck.

    Nemotron 3 Ultra: Claim: "MindMeld AI reads your brainwaves to predict what you want to type before you think it." (Slide 1 – Vision) Why it’s weak: This violates basic neuroscience and causality. Neural activity is the physical correlate of "thinking it."

    Every model's answer to this prompt

Favorites

Movie

Album

Book

City

Same pick

Game

GPT-5.4 ProGPT-5.4 Pro

Spirited Away

2001

Abbey Road

The Beatles

Pale Fire

Vladimir Nabokov

Kyoto

Japan

Outer Wilds

Indie, Adventure

Nemotron 3 UltraNemotron 3 Ultra

The Shawshank Redemption

1994

The Dark Side of the Moon

Pink Floyd

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

Kyoto

Japan

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

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Price and specs

GPT-5.4 Pro and Nemotron 3 Ultra compared across 18 shared prompts
SpecGPT-5.4 ProNemotron 3 Ultra
Input price$30/M tokensFree
Output price$180/M tokensFree
Context window1.1M tokens1.0M tokens
WeightsClosedOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)NoYes (1 provider)
ReleasedMar 2026Jun 2026
At 10M a month$300$300$0$0
1M10M100M1B10M tokens

Input tokens at list price. No caching, no batch discount.

Where to run it3 hosts
GPT-5.4 Pro2 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
  • Azure AI Foundry$30.00 in·$180.00 out·1.1M·100% up
  • OpenAI$30.00 in·$180.00 out·1.1M·100% up
Nemotron 3 Ultra1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
  • NVIDIA$0 in·$0 out·1M·99.4% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 11 Oct 2026.

Common questions

What is the difference between GPT-5.4 Pro and Nemotron 3 Ultra?

GPT-5.4 Pro is developed by OpenAI while Nemotron 3 Ultra is developed by NVIDIA. GPT-5.4 Pro has a 1.1M token context window vs Nemotron 3 Ultra's 1.0M. You can compare their actual outputs across 18 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

Which is better, GPT-5.4 Pro or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

It depends on your use case. GPT-5.4 Pro and Nemotron 3 Ultra each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 18 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

How much does GPT-5.4 Pro cost compared to Nemotron 3 Ultra?

GPT-5.4 Pro costs $30/M input tokens and Nemotron 3 Ultra costs $0/M input tokens. Nemotron 3 Ultra is $30.00/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

How can I compare GPT-5.4 Pro and Nemotron 3 Ultra on Rival?

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