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NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra vs Qwen 3.7 Max

NVIDIA against Qwen, compared on context, price, and verified benchmark results.

Catalog record checked September 3, 2026Individual provider fields may changeEvidence confidence: High — see receipts below

NVIDIA

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra

Frontier · Open weights

vs

Qwen

Qwen 3.7 Max

Frontier

AI model capability comparison
SpecificationNVIDIA Nemotron 3 UltraQwen 3.7 Max
ProviderNVIDIAQwen
TierFrontierFrontier
Context window1M1M
Max outputNot verifiedUnverified128K
Input / 1M tokensWinner: $0.50$2.50
Output / 1M tokensWinner: $2.20$7.50
WeightsOpenClosed
Parameters550B total / 55B active (MoE)proprietary MoE
Reasoning levelslow, high, maxlow, high, max
Modalitiestexttext, image, video
API model idnemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55bqwen3.7-max
ReleasedJune 4, 2026May 20, 2026
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (2026-08-14)54Winner: 55

Prices are USD per million tokens at standard rates, excluding batch and caching discounts. Bold indicates the better figure where one is objectively better. Values we could not confirm from the provider are shown as “Not verified” rather than estimated.

Benchmark receipts

  • 2026-08-14: Artificial AnalysisComposite index blending reasoning, knowledge, and coding evals into one 0–100 score. Comparability: directly comparable — AA occasionally rebaselines the index scale between snapshots — a score captured on one date is only comparable to same-snapshot scores (check measuredAt).

Pricing tiers: NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra: Open weights (weights + data + recipes); $0.50/$2.20 per MTok is the third-party hosted rate (OpenRouter). 550B/55B MoE. · Qwen 3.7 Max: Model Studio list $2.50/$7.50 per MTok; a 50%-off promo ($1.25/$3.75) ran at launch. Closed API.

FrontierOpen weightsRecord checked September 2, 2026

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra

Nemotron 3 Ultra is NVIDIA's open-weight (550B/55B) frontier MoE with a 1M-token context.

Best for

  • Open-weight frontier
  • Self-hosting on NVIDIA GPUs
  • Reasoning

Watch out

Top US open-weight until Thinking Machines Inkling; verify hosted pricing.

FrontierRecord checked September 3, 2026

Qwen 3.7 Max

Qwen 3.7 Max is Alibaba's previous-generation proprietary flagship with a 1M-token context.

Best for

  • API-only multimodal
  • Long-context
  • Enterprise

Watch out

Closed/proprietary; no published weights. Succeeded by Qwen 3.8 Max.

When the cheaper one wins

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra is cheaper on output at $2.20 per million tokens against $7.50 for Qwen 3.7 Max — about 3.4×. Use the cheaper tier for classification, extraction, summarisation, and any task where the expensive model’s extra score does not change the accepted output. The expensive one only pays if your hardest task actually fails on the cheap tier. These are standard-tier API rates, excluding batch and cache discounts.

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Evidence confidence: High

How strong and complete the evidence behind this comparison is — not a prediction of which model is better.

  • Pricing verified on both sides — Input and output rates are verified for both models.
  • 4/5 core specs verified on both sides — Not published for at least one side: max output.
  • 1 shared named benchmark (scores match) — Measured on: Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index — scores are equivalent, so the benchmark does not separate the pair.
  • Verified within the last 90 days — Newest catalog check was 8 days ago.
  • Both models carry source citations — Each side has at least two catalog sources on record.

Source receipts

Each catalog figure was checked against the provider or an independent second source on the date shown.

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Common questions

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra vs Qwen 3.7 Max

Answered from the verified figures on this page rather than general guidance.

Is NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra or Qwen 3.7 Max cheaper for input?

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra is cheaper at $0.50 per million input tokens, against $2.50 for Qwen 3.7 Max — roughly 5.0× the price. Output tokens usually dominate a real bill, so weigh the output rate more heavily than the input rate. These are base rates; NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra has tiered pricing: Open weights (weights + data + recipes); $0.50/$2.20 per MTok is the third-party hosted rate (OpenRouter). 550B/55B MoE. Qwen 3.7 Max has tiered pricing: Model Studio list $2.50/$7.50 per MTok; a 50%-off promo ($1.25/$3.75) ran at launch. Closed API.

Is NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra or Qwen 3.7 Max cheaper for output?

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra is cheaper at $2.20 per million output tokens, against $7.50 for Qwen 3.7 Max — roughly 3.4× the price. Output tokens usually dominate a real bill, so weigh the output rate more heavily than the input rate. These are base rates; NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra has tiered pricing: Open weights (weights + data + recipes); $0.50/$2.20 per MTok is the third-party hosted rate (OpenRouter). 550B/55B MoE. Qwen 3.7 Max has tiered pricing: Model Studio list $2.50/$7.50 per MTok; a 50%-off promo ($1.25/$3.75) ran at launch. Closed API.

Which has the larger context window, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra or Qwen 3.7 Max?

Both accept about 1M tokens of context, so document length will not decide between them.

Do NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra and Qwen 3.7 Max support the same reasoning levels?

Yes — both accept the same effort settings: "low", "high", "max". Higher effort costs more and takes longer, so start low and raise it only where output quality actually improves.

Should I use NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra or Qwen 3.7 Max?

Both sit in the frontier tier, so the choice usually comes down to price and context rather than capability. NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra suits open-weight frontier; Qwen 3.7 Max suits api-only multimodal.

Can I self-host NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra or Qwen 3.7 Max?

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra publishes open weights, but self-hosting and third-party provider access depend on the licence, hardware, serving support, and availability. Qwen 3.7 Max is a closed model whose supported access paths are controlled by its provider.

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Choosing between them

The verified figures that separate this pair, computed from the catalog rather than restated boilerplate.

  • Input price: NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra costs $0.50 per 1M tokens versus $2.50 for Qwen 3.7 Max — a 5x difference at the headline tier.
  • Measured capability: Qwen 3.7 Max leads Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index 55 to 54 (measured 2026-08-14).
  • Deployment: NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra publishes weights you can self-host; the other is API-only.
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