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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B vs Qwen3.7 Plus

Qwen3.7 Plus comes out ahead, 70 to 62 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. NVIDIA

    Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B

    Released Jun 4, 2026

    62/100
    • ECI146.2
    • Price$0.50 / $2.50
    • Context1M
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  2. Our pick

    Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen3.7 Plus

    Released Jun 2, 2026

    70/100
    • ECI147.4
    • Price$0.40 / $1.60
    • Context1M
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01 — Verdict

Qwen3.7 Plus is our pick

Qwen3.7 Plus is the better all-round choice, scoring 70/100 against Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (62). It leads on price and inputs & features. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

  • CapabilityQwen3.7 PlusCapabilities Index (ECI): Qwen3.7 Plus 147.4 · Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B 146.2
  • Lowest priceQwen3.7 PlusQwen3.7 Plus $0.70 · Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B $1.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextAbout the sameNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B 1,000,000 · Qwen3.7 Plus 1,000,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsQwen3.7 PlusNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B: Text · Qwen3.7 Plus: Text, Images, Video
  • Self-hostingNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BPublishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BQwen3.7 Plus
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%7375
Price25%5057
Inputs & features15%4580
Context window10%6060
Overall100%62/10070/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B vs Qwen3.7 Plus specifications side by side
SpecificationNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BNVIDIAQwen3.7 PlusAlibaba (Qwen)
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)146.2147.4 (best)
ECI rank#70 of 148#61 of 148 (best)
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions85.4%87.9% (best)
FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics—34.4%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics86.7%93.3% (best)
Price per million tokens
Input$0.50$0.40 (best)
Output$2.50$1.60 (best)
Cached input$0.15$0.04 (best)
Blended (3:1)$1.00$0.70 (best)
Long-context rateSame rateOver 256K: $1.20 / $4.80
Price sourceOfficial Nvidia APIOfficial Alibaba API
Limits
Context window1,000,000 tokens1,000,000 tokens
Max output128,000 tokens (best)64,000 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesNoYes
PDFsNoNo
AudioNoNo
VideoNoYes
ReasoningYesYes
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputYesYes
Availability
WeightsOpenProprietary
API model IDnvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55bqwen3.7-plus
API providers2125 (best)
ReleasedJun 4, 2026Jun 2, 2026
Knowledge cutoff—Apr 2025
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

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  • Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B$10.00
  • Qwen3.7 Plus$7.20
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus is the better all-round choice, scoring 70/100 against Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (62). It leads on price and inputs & features. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus is cheaper at $0.40 input / $1.60 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B costs $0.50 input / $2.50 output per million tokens (official Nvidia API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.70 per million tokens for Qwen3.7 Plus versus $1.00 for Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (1.4× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

Qwen3.7 Plus scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Qwen3.7 Plus 147.4 (#61 of 148) and Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B 146.2 (#70 of 148). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (145.7–148.9 vs 143.9–148.1), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Qwen3.7 Plus 87.9%, Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B 85.4%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Qwen3.7 Plus 93.3%, Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B 86.7%.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B and Qwen3.7 Plus yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Qwen3.7 Plus leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B and Qwen3.7 Plus share the same 1,000,000-token context window. Maximum output per response: Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B up to 128,000, Qwen3.7 Plus up to 64,000 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B accepts text; Qwen3.7 Plus accepts text, images and video. Qwen3.7 Plus handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Qwen3.7 Plus is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B is the newest, released Jun 4, 2026. Qwen3.7 Plus came out Jun 2, 2026. Knowledge cutoff: Qwen3.7 Plus Apr 2025.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.

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