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

Qwen3.8 Max leads the LLM Stats Score 53.0 to 37.0.

NVIDIA · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Qwen3.8 Max leads the overall LLM Stats Score 53.0 to 37.0, ranking #8 overall.

In the 5 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Qwen3.8 Max wins 5; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)

  • you are already invested in the NVIDIA ecosystem

Choose Qwen3.8 Max

  • overall performance matters — it scores 53.0 and ranks #8 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 5 of 5 exact shared results
  • 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 Max
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
37.0
#63
53.0
#8
Reasoning
36.3
#67
51.8
#7
Coding
22.1
#72
42.0
#10
Agents
13.4
#86
39.7
#8
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
0 of 5
5 of 5
Input price
— / M
$1.65 / M
Output price
— / M
$4.95 / M
Context window
—
256,000

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

3 shared
Index
Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)
Qwen3.8 Max
Math
36.4#37
33.0#52
Tool use
7.4#132
34.1#5
Long context
23.6#18
32.0#3
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

26 reported for Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) · 42 for Qwen3.8 Max

5 shared

Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen3.8 Max is better at 5 benchmarks (GPQA, Humanity's Last Exam, IFBench, LongBench v2, Terminal-Bench 2.1).

Qwen3.8 Max significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Fri Aug 28 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

1850.0B diff

Qwen3.8 Max has 1850.0B more parameters than Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B), making it 336.4% larger.

NVIDIA
Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)
550.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.8 Max
2.4Tparameters
550.0B
Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)
2400.0B
Qwen3.8 Max

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Qwen3.8 Max specifies input context (256,000 tokens). Only Qwen3.8 Max specifies output context (131,072 tokens).

NVIDIA
Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.8 Max
Input256,000 tokens
Output131,072 tokens
Fri Aug 28 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

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

Qwen3.8 Max 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 Max

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

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

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 Max

Qwen3.8-Max License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) was released on 2026-06-04, while Qwen3.8 Max was released on 2026-08-02.

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

Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)

Jun 4, 2026

2 months ago

Qwen3.8 Max

Aug 2, 2026

3 weeks ago

1mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

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

Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)

Sep 2025

Qwen3.8 Max

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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 Max side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

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

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

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

Qwen3.8 Max leads the LLM Stats Score 53.0 to 37.0. Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) is made by NVIDIA and Qwen3.8 Max is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) compare to Qwen3.8 Max 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 Max scores PaperBench: 93.0%, MRCR v2 (8-needle): 92.9%, GPQA: 92.6%, VideoMME w sub.: 90.4%, RealWorldQA: 88.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) and Qwen3.8 Max?

Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) supports an unknown number of tokens and Qwen3.8 Max supports 256K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

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

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (37.0 vs 53.0), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (OpenMDW License v1.1 vs Qwen3.8-Max License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

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

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

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