Nemotron 3 UltravsGrok 4.20 Beta
Nemotron 3 Ultra | Grok 4.20 Beta | |
|---|---|---|
| Specifications | ||
ParametersA rough measure of how big the model is. More parameters usually means more capable and more expensive to run, though it is a poor guide on its own — a smaller, newer model often beats a larger, older one. | 550B | — |
| API pricingUSD per 1M tokens · lower wins · base tier | ||
Input priceWhat you pay for everything you send the model — your question, plus any documents or earlier conversation you include with it. | — | $1.25 |
Output priceWhat you pay for the text the model writes back. It is normally the dearer half: producing an answer costs more than reading one. | — | $2.50 |
Cached input priceA reduced rate for text you send over and over. If every request starts with the same instructions or the same document, the provider keeps a copy ready and charges less to read it again. | — | $0.20 |
Cheapest inputLowest input rate across third-party providers, excluding the lab itself. The cheapest endpoint may run a quantised build or a shorter context — see "Available from" on the model page. | $0.50DeepInfra | — |
Cheapest outputLowest output rate across third-party providers, excluding the lab itself. May come from a different provider than the cheapest input. | $2.20DeepInfra | — |
| Benchmarks | ||
SWE-Bench VerifiedCoding — Real coding tasks pulled from open-source projects — the AI has to find and fix actual bugs. A human-checked version of the original SWE-Bench. Higher is better. | 71.9% | 76.7% |
| BenchmarksPublished by one model only | ||
BullshitBench v2Nonsense detection — Given a confidently-worded but nonsensical prompt, does the AI spot that it makes no sense and push back — instead of playing along and inventing an answer? The score is how often it clearly called out the nonsense. Higher is better. | — | 56% |
BrowseCompWeb browsing — Can the AI browse the web and track down hard-to-find answers? Higher is better. | 44.4% | — |
Humanity's Last Exam · with toolsMultidisciplinary reasoning — Humanity's Last Exam — extremely hard expert questions across many subjects. “With tools” means the AI is allowed to search the web or run code while answering. Higher is better. | 26.7% | — |
ARC-AGI-2Abstract reasoning — Puzzle-style tests of abstract reasoning and pattern-finding — the kind of thing people find easy but AIs often struggle with. Higher is better. | — | 53.3% |
GPQA DiamondScience — Graduate-level science questions in biology, physics, and chemistry — hard enough that subject-matter PhDs score around 65%. Higher is better. | 86.7% | — |
AA Intelligence IndexOverall intelligence — Artificial Analysis composite intelligence index across evals | 48 | — |
| Overview | ||
| Company | NVIDIA | SpaceXAI |
| Release date | Jun 4 2026 | Feb 17 2026 |
| Access | Open Source | Proprietary |
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Frequently asked questions
Grok 4.20 Beta leads Nemotron 3 Ultra on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (SWE-Bench Verified). Only Grok 4.20 Beta has a verified first-party API price: $1.25 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens. No pay-as-you-go API rate is tracked for Nemotron 3 Ultra. Grok 4.20 Beta shipped 107 days before Nemotron 3 Ultra, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Nemotron 3 Ultra is open source, while Grok 4.20 Beta is proprietary.
On SWE-Bench Verified, Grok 4.20 Beta leads at 76.7% vs Nemotron 3 Ultra at 71.9%.
Nemotron 3 Ultra was released by NVIDIA on Jun 4 2026.
Grok 4.20 Beta was released by SpaceXAI on Feb 17 2026.
Grok 4.20 Beta leads on SWE-Bench Verified — Nemotron 3 Ultra 71.9% vs Grok 4.20 Beta 76.7%.
Only Grok 4.20 Beta has a verified first-party API price: $1.25 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens. No pay-as-you-go API rate is tracked for Nemotron 3 Ultra. Rates are pay-as-you-go API prices verified on August 18, 2026.
Nemotron 3 Ultra is an open source model released by NVIDIA. Grok 4.20 Beta is a proprietary model released by SpaceXAI.