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Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) vs Qwen3.8-27B

Qwen3.8-27B has a slight edge in benchmark performance.

NVIDIA · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) outperforms in 2 benchmarks (Humanity's Last Exam, IFBench), while Qwen3.8-27B is better at 3 benchmarks (GPQA, LiveCodeBench v6, Terminal-Bench 2.1). Qwen3.8-27B has a slight edge in benchmark performance.

Based on current benchmark, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)

  • you are already invested in the NVIDIA ecosystem

Choose Qwen3.8-27B

  • you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 3 of 5 shared benchmarks
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Aug 2026

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)
NVIDIA
Qwen3.8-27B
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Benchmark wins
2 of 5
3 of 5
Input price
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Output price
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Released
Jun 2026
Aug 2026
License
OpenMDW License v1.1
Apache 2.0

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

5 benchmarks

Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) outperforms in 2 benchmarks (Humanity's Last Exam, IFBench), while Qwen3.8-27B is better at 3 benchmarks (GPQA, LiveCodeBench v6, Terminal-Bench 2.1).

Qwen3.8-27B has a slight edge in benchmark performance.

Tue Aug 25 2026 • llm-stats.com

Arena Performance

Playground indexes and blind preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

522.2B diff

Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) has 522.2B more parameters than Qwen3.8-27B, making it 1879.7% larger.

NVIDIA
Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)
550.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.8-27B
27.8Bparameters
550.0B
Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)
27.8B
Qwen3.8-27B

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Qwen3.8-27B supports multimodal inputs, whereas Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) does not.

Qwen3.8-27B can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3.8-27B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) is licensed under OpenMDW License v1.1, while Qwen3.8-27B uses Apache 2.0.

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

Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)

OpenMDW License v1.1

Open weights

Qwen3.8-27B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) was released on 2026-06-04, while Qwen3.8-27B was released on 2026-08-14.

Qwen3.8-27B is 2 months newer than Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B).

Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)

Jun 4, 2026

2 months ago

Qwen3.8-27B

Aug 14, 2026

1 weeks ago

2mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-09-30, while Qwen3.8-27B'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 Qwen3.8-27B's cutoff date.

Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)

Sep 2025

Qwen3.8-27B

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Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) and Qwen3.8-27B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)
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Qwen3.8-27B
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FAQ

Common questions about Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) vs Qwen3.8-27B.

Which is better, Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) or Qwen3.8-27B?

Qwen3.8-27B has a slight edge in benchmark performance. Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) is made by NVIDIA and Qwen3.8-27B is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.

How does Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) compare to Qwen3.8-27B in benchmarks?

Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) scores RULER: 94.7%, IMO-AnswerBench: 92.3%, PinchBench: 90.0%, LiveCodeBench v6: 89.0%, GPQA: 87.0%. Qwen3.8-27B scores MathVision: 94.6%, OmniDocBench 1.5: 91.1%, LiveCodeBench v6: 90.3%, CharXiv-R: 90.2%, GPQA: 89.2%.

What are the main differences between Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) and Qwen3.8-27B?

Key differences include multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (OpenMDW License v1.1 vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) and Qwen3.8-27B?

Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) is developed by NVIDIA and Qwen3.8-27B is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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