Model Comparison

Claude Opus 4.6 vs Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)Which is better in 2026?

Claude Opus 4.6 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Verdict: Claude Opus 4.6 vs Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) — which is better?

Claude Opus 4.6 (by Anthropic) and Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) (by NVIDIA) are two of the AI models people compare most. Here is how they stack up on benchmarks, price and capabilities, and which one to pick in 2026.

Claude Opus 4.6 outperforms in 7 benchmarks (BrowseComp, Finance Agent, GDPval-AA, GPQA, Humanity's Last Exam, SWE-bench Multilingual, SWE-Bench Verified), while Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) is better at 0 benchmarks. Claude Opus 4.6 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Choose Claude Opus 4.6 if…

  • you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 7 of 7 shared benchmarks

Choose Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) if…

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Jun 2026
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune
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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

7 benchmarks

Claude Opus 4.6 outperforms in 7 benchmarks (BrowseComp, Finance Agent, GDPval-AA, GPQA, Humanity's Last Exam, SWE-bench Multilingual, SWE-Bench Verified), while Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) is better at 0 benchmarks.

Claude Opus 4.6 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude Opus 4.6 specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Claude Opus 4.6 specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.6
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
NVIDIA
Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Claude Opus 4.6 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) does not.

Claude Opus 4.6 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude Opus 4.6

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Opus 4.6 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) uses OpenMDW License v1.1.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Claude Opus 4.6

Proprietary

Closed source

Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)

OpenMDW License v1.1

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Opus 4.6 was released on 2026-02-05, while Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) was released on 2026-06-04.

Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) is 4 months newer than Claude Opus 4.6.

Claude Opus 4.6

Feb 5, 2026

4 months ago

Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)

Jun 4, 2026

1 weeks ago

3mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-09-30, while Claude Opus 4.6's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)'s training data extends to 2025-09-30, but cannot make a direct comparison without Claude Opus 4.6's cutoff date.

Claude Opus 4.6

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Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)

Sep 2025

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Anthropic
Larger context window (1,000,000 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher BrowseComp score (84.0% vs 44.4%)
Higher Finance Agent score (60.7% vs 53.7%)
Higher GDPval-AA score (53.5% vs 39.4%)
Higher GPQA score (91.3% vs 87.0%)
Higher Humanity's Last Exam score (53.1% vs 37.4%)
Higher SWE-bench Multilingual score (77.8% vs 67.7%)
Higher SWE-Bench Verified score (80.8% vs 70.7%)
NVIDIA
Has open weights

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.6
NVIDIA
Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)

FAQ

Common questions about Claude Opus 4.6 vs Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B).

Which is better, Claude Opus 4.6 or Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)?

Claude Opus 4.6 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Claude Opus 4.6 is made by Anthropic and Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) is made by NVIDIA. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.

How does Claude Opus 4.6 compare to Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) in benchmarks?

Claude Opus 4.6 scores Vending-Bench 2: 100.0%, AIME 2025: 99.8%, Tau2 Telecom: 99.3%, Graphwalks parents >128k: 95.4%, Tau2 Retail: 91.9%. Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) scores RULER: 94.7%, IMO-AnswerBench: 92.3%, PinchBench: 90.0%, LiveCodeBench v6: 89.0%, GPQA: 87.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Claude Opus 4.6 and Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)?

Claude Opus 4.6 supports 1.0M tokens and Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Claude Opus 4.6 and Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)?

Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs OpenMDW License v1.1). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude Opus 4.6 and Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)?

Claude Opus 4.6 is developed by Anthropic and Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) is developed by NVIDIA.

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