Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) pricing & benchmarks
Released Jun 4, 2026 · served by 1 provider · ranked #37 by intelligence in our index
What Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) is
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra is an open frontier-reasoning and orchestration model from NVIDIA, with 55B active parameters out of 550B total (MoE). Built on a hybrid Transformer-Mamba mixture-of-experts architecture, it...
- Model ID:
nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b:free - Modality: text->text
- Tool calling: supported · Structured output: not supported
- Weights:
nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Ultra-550B-A55B-BF16on Hugging Face
Providers and prices for Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)
The same model costs different amounts depending on who serves it. Prices are per 1M tokens, cheapest first. Uptime and throughput are OpenRouter's rolling measurements, not vendor claims.
| Provider | Input | Output | Context | Quant | Uptime 24h | Throughput |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nvidiacheapest | Free | Free | 1M | — | 99.6% | — |
Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) benchmark results
Design Arena head-to-head results, as reported through the OpenRouter model API.
| Category | Arena | Rank | Elo | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| svg | models | #49 | 1128 | 37.6% |
| 3d | models | #50 | 1190 | 41.8% |
| asciiart | models | #50 | 1112 | 37.5% |
| uicomponent | models | #59 | 1180 | 39.5% |
| gamedev | models | #60 | 1183 | 38.8% |
| codecategories | models | #69 | 1155 | 36.2% |
| dataviz | models | #71 | 1151 | 37.4% |
| website | models | #82 | 1127 | 32.5% |
FAQ
How much does the Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) API cost?
Free per 1M input tokens and Free per 1M output tokens.
Is Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) free?
Yes — it is served at $0 for both input and output tokens on OpenRouter, subject to rate limits.
Which provider is cheapest for Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)?
Nvidia at Free input / Free output per 1M tokens.
Can I self-host Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)?
Yes — weights are published as nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Ultra-550B-A55B-BF16 on Hugging Face, so you can run it on your own hardware.