Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) vs Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507

    Comparison

    As of August 25, 2026, Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 is 65% cheaper per million tokens than Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B). Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) is $0.50 / $2.20 per million input/output tokens versus Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 at $0.15 / $0.80. Sources: https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models and https://bailian.console.aliyun.com/

    Sources: OpenRouter pricing (https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models); Qwen pricing (https://bailian.console.aliyun.com/)

    Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)

    NVIDIA

    $2.70blended / 1M

    Input

    $0.50

    Output

    $2.20

    1M ctx|Open Source
    65%
    cheaper
    Better value

    Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507

    Qwen

    $0.95blended / 1M

    Input

    $0.15

    Output

    $0.80

    262.1K ctx|Open Source
    Save $1.75 per million tokens by choosing Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 over Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B).

    Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) vs Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 comparison

    Token pricing, specs, and benchmarks side by side

    Shared benchmarks

    Each bar is share of the current leader on that eval. Click a row to open the board.

    Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507

    Score vs price

    GPQA. Left is cheaper. Up is a higher score. The line is the best score you can buy at each price.

    Best score at each priceNemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507
    Metric
    Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)
    Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507
    Provider
    Provider
    NVIDIA
    Qwen
    License
    Open Source
    Open Source
    Release Date
    2026-06-04
    2025-07-22
    Pricing (per 1M tokens)
    Input Price+233%
    $0.50
    $0.15
    Output Price+175%
    $2.20
    $0.80
    Blended (1M + 1M)
    $2.70
    $0.95
    Model Details
    Context Window
    1M
    262.1K
    Max Output Tokens
    N/A
    131.1K
    Knowledge Cutoff
    2025-09-30
    N/A
    Throughput
    N/A
    N/A
    Benchmarks
    37.4%
    87%
    77.5%
    86.1%
    44.6%
    44.4%
    54.3%
    88.7%
    81.7%
    65.4%
    1.3%
    46.7%
    70.3%
    52.1%
    84.8%
    41.8%
    70.9%
    65.5%
    3.1%
    84.3%
    31.7%
    55.4%
    79.5%
    61.9%
    38.6%
    86.8%
    83%
    83%
    79.4%
    93.1%
    77.5%
    87.9%
    78.7%
    50.2%
    56%
    94.7%
    62.6%
    22.6%
    73.1%
    83.7%
    85.2%
    Benchmark Wins
    Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) 4|0 Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507

    Verdict

    Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) vs Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507: the bottom line

    Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 offers significantly lower pricing, while Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) leads on benchmark performance. Your choice depends on whether cost efficiency or raw capability matters more for your use case.

    Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) vs Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 FAQ

    Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) or Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507?

    As of August 25, 2026, Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 is 65% cheaper on blended LLM API pricing. Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens ($0.95 blended 1M-in + 1M-out). Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) costs $0.50 / $2.20 per million tokens ($2.70 blended). Sources: https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models and https://bailian.console.aliyun.com/. The cheapest LLM for your app still depends on how many output tokens you generate.

    How much does Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) vs Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 cost per million tokens?

    Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) OpenRouter API pricing is $0.50 input and $2.20 output per million tokens via OpenRouter. Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 Qwen API pricing is $0.15 input and $0.80 output per million tokens via Qwen. Use those four numbers, not ChatGPT Plus or Claude Pro subscription prices, when you are comparing APIs.

    Which is better for coding, Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) or Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507?

    Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) has a published SWE-bench Verified score of 70.7%. Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 does not have that eval on this page yet.

    What is the context window for Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) vs Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507?

    Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) supports a 1M token context window, while Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 supports 262K tokens. Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) offers a larger context window. Filling a larger window bills more input tokens, so the cheaper-per-million model can still cost more on long documents.

    Which model performs better on benchmarks, Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) or Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507?

    Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) leads on 4 of 4 shared benchmarks versus Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507's 0 wins. Check the comparison table for GPQA Diamond, SWE-bench, MMLU, HLE, and the other evals we track. Token price and benchmark score together are the usual LLM comparison, not either number alone.

    Is Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) or Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 better for production use?

    Both Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) and Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 are production API models. For cost-sensitive production traffic, Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 has better economics on the blended 1M-in + 1M-out scale. For maximum capability, weight the benchmark table for your domain. Many production stacks route cheap models for drafts and a frontier model for the hard turn, which is usually cheaper than sending everything to the expensive API.

    Can I switch between Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) and Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 in my app?

    Yes. Call Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) through OpenRouter and Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 through Qwen with separate API keys, or through a gateway that already wraps both. Keep prompts in tokens, not characters, when you estimate the invoice. AnotherWrapper templates can swap providers without rewriting auth and billing.

    How accurate is this Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) vs Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 pricing data?

    List rates are the latest published OpenRouter API pricing and Qwen API pricing, quoted per million tokens. Official rate sheets: https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models and https://bailian.console.aliyun.com/. Prompt caching, batch APIs, and committed-use discounts can change the invoice. Benchmark scores are from official publications and independent evals, updated as new numbers land.

    What is the output token limit for Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) and Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507?

    Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) supports up to an unspecified number of output tokens per request, while Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 supports up to 131K output tokens. Output tokens are usually the expensive half of API pricing, so a higher max output cap is a capability, not a discount.

    Which model has better throughput, Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) or Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507?

    Neither Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) nor Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 has published throughput data on this page yet. Throughput (tokens per second) and time-to-first-token are why two models with the same per-million-token price can still feel different in chat and agents.

    How do I switch the models in this Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) vs Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 comparison?

    Use the model pickers at the top of this LLM comparison. Search any model in the index and the URL updates. Open Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) or Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 from the sidebar for the single-model API pricing page, or go back to the LLM pricing table to sort by cheapest blended cost.

    Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) vs Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 pricing

    This comparison covers API pricing, context window, throughput, and benchmark scores. Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) costs $0.50/M input and $2.20/M output via OpenRouter. Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 costs $0.15/M input and $0.80/M output.

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