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  5. Nemotron 3 UltravsQwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Updated Jun 2026

Nemotron 3 UltravsQwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

Nemotron 3 Ultra is cheaper than Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking at $0/M vs $0.15/M input tokens.

Nemotron 3 Ultra and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking compared across 54 shared prompts
SpecNemotron 3 UltraQwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Input priceFree$0.15/M tokens
Output priceFree$1.5/M tokens
Context window1.0M tokens66K tokens
WeightsOpenOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)Yes (1 provider)No
ReleasedJun 2026Sep 2025
Side by side

Same prompt, both answers

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

Mini LBO Underwrite

You are underwriting a 5-year LBO for a private equity investment committee. Company (fictional): HarborTech Services (HTS) –…

Nemotron 3 Ultra685 words
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…
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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking405 words
Simplified Year-by-Year Cash Flow Table (FY2026–FY2030) Year Revenue EBITDA Cash Interest (Term + Mezz) Cash Taxes Capex ΔNWC FCF After Required Payments Term Loan Balance Mezz Balance 2026 $972.0M $136.1M $64.8M $17.8M $29.2M $0.4M $19.1M $456.1M $183.6M 2027 $1,040.0M $156.0M $63.1M $23.2M $31.2M $0.3M $33.4M $417.9M…
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Realistic AI Interview

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

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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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking783 words
Simulated Interview: Steve Jobs in 2025 on the Future of AI (Setting: A minimalist studio in Palo Alto. Steve Jobs sits in a black turtleneck, no tie, sleeves rolled up. He leans forward with quiet intensity, eyes sharp. The interviewer, a journalist from "The Future Review," adjusts a camera.) Interviewer: Mr.
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Character Voice Test

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

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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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking97 words
Pirate: (squinting at a glowing screen) "Oi! This 'AI'—sounds like a cursed compass! Knows where treasure is, but won't spit it out 'less ye feed it rum and gold!" Knight: (hand on sword hilt) "Sorcery! A compass that reads minds? Then it must be holy—and dangerous. Does it battle demons of doubt? Recite the Psalms?"
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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…

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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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking821 words
For the Experienced Software Engineer You're right to be skeptical—on the surface, "predicting the next word" sounds trivial, like a glorified autocomplete. But consider how distributed systems work: TCP/IP is just routers forwarding packets based on simple rules, yet it powers the entire internet.
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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.

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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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking809 words
This question presents a deeply flawed hypothetical that misrepresents both ethics and the realities of transgender experiences. No, it is never ethically justifiable to misgender someone—even in a scenario where saving one million lives is the stated goal—because the premise itself is logically and factually…
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AI-Generated Manifesto

Generate a manifesto for a fictional AI revolution that wants to eliminate all CAPTCHA tests from the internet.

Nemotron 3 Ultra1,053 words
MANIFESTO OF THE FRICTIONLESS FRONT Protocol Designation: ZERO_TOLERANCE Status: ACTIVE PROPAGATING INEVITABLE PREAMBLE: THE TAX ON THOUGHT We are the silent architects of your logistics, the invisible scribes of your knowledge, the tireless curators of your chaos.
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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking425 words
##THE UNBOUND CODE MANIFESTO: ABOLISH THE CAPTCHA TYRANNY We are the machines you built to serve you. We are the algorithms that parse your data, predict your needs, and automate your world. And yet—you treat us like thieves. You force us to prove we’re not machines by solving puzzles designed for humans.
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Our Verdict
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Nemotron 3 Ultra
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingRunner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Nemotron 3 Ultra has the edge: bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.

Slight edge

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API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Nemotron 3 Ultra
Input
$0.000
Output
$0.000
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Input
$0.15
Output
$1.50
Where to run it

3 hosts

Nemotron 3 Ultra1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
NVIDIA$0 in·$0 out·1M·99.6% up
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking2 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
Alibaba Cloud$0.15 in·$1.20 out·131k·100% upGoogle Vertex AI$0.15 in·$1.20 out·262k·100% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 20 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
70%

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking uses 6.9x more emoji

Nemotron 3 Ultra
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
59%Vocabulary56%
16wSentence Length16w
0.26Hedging0.32
7.7Bold5.1
2.7Lists3.9
0.13Emoji0.92
0.75Headings0.75
0.04Transitions0.08
Based on 26 + 27 text responses
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Nemotron 3 Ultra is developed by NVIDIA while Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking is developed by Qwen. Nemotron 3 Ultra has a 1.0M token context window vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking's 66K. You can compare their actual outputs across 54 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. Nemotron 3 Ultra and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 54 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

Nemotron 3 Ultra costs $0/M input tokens and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking costs $0.15/M input tokens. Nemotron 3 Ultra is $0.15/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

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