NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) ranks #37 of 85 models by Artificial Analysis quality score (38.3) at $1.35/1M tokens blended - and ranks #7 of 291 by average real OpenRouter usage share over the trailing 35-day window (4.14%). Available from 4 providers at up to 99.7% uptime.
- Quality (Intelligence Index) - 38.3
- Coding index - 49.3
- Agentic index - 27.5
- Price (blended $/1M) - 1.35
- Context window - 512,288
- Usage rank - #7 of 291
- Providers - 4
- Open/closed - open
Usage share over time
What NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) is actually used for
Share of each real task category's classified traffic this model handles, from OpenRouter's task classification.
| Task | Share of task traffic |
|---|---|
| DevOps | 6.8% |
| DevOps & Config | 5.1% |
| Repo Scanning | 3.1% |
| Debugging | 3.0% |
| File I/O | 3.0% |
| Frontend & UI | 2.8% |
| Memory Extraction | 2.6% |
| Workflow Execution | 2.3% |
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Frequently asked questions
What is NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)'s quality score?
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) scores 38.3 on Artificial Analysis's Intelligence Index, ranking #37 of 85 models with a published score.
How much does NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) cost?
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) costs $1.35 per 1M tokens (blended 75% prompt / 25% completion pricing).
Is NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) widely used?
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) ranks #7 of 291 models by average real OpenRouter usage share, averaging 4.14% of classified token volume over the trailing 35-day window.
Is NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) open-weight or closed?
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) is an open-weight model.
Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings), as of August 9, 2026.
Benchmark scores: Artificial Analysis (artificialanalysis.ai) via OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings).
Methodology: smophy.ai/benchmark/methodology
Token counts originate from each provider's own tokenizer and are not directly comparable across providers.