Inkling vs Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B
Wins 5 of 7 areas
Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Facts · Math
Wins 2 of 7 areas
Long documents · Following instructions
Inkling is the stronger all-rounder.Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B is cheaper and better at following instructions.
Both rank among the ten best models we track in following instructions.
Scores updated · 37 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the seven areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- CodingWriting and fixing software40Inkling4 of 5 tests · 1 tie
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking40Inkling4 of 5 tests · 1 tie
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own30Inkling3 of 4 tests · 1 tie
- MathCompetition and research-level math20Inkling2 of 3 tests · 1 tie
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up21Inkling2 of 3 tests
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked02Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B2 of 2 tests
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts01Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B1 of 1 test
Long documents rests on a single test.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B costs 35% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The three tests each model wins by the widest margin. Scores are out of 100.
Where Inkling pulls ahead
- Multi-step tasks using many real software toolsMCP Atlas+31.3points ahead
- Answers hard knowledge questions correctlyAA-Omniscience · Accuracy+19points ahead
- Customer-service tasks in a simulated bankτ-Bench V3 · Banking+14.9points ahead
Where Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+38points ahead
- Follows detailed instructions exactlyLiveBench · Instruction Following+3.4points ahead
- Reasons across sets of long documentsAA-LCR+2points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 37 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingInkling
- LiveBench · Agentic CodingInkling by 10.749.438.7+10.7
- SWE-bench VerifiedInkling by 6.977.670.7+6.9
- SciCodeInkling by 6.74740.3+6.7
- Terminal-Bench 2.1Inkling by 1.255.153.9+1.2
- LiveBench · Codingtie7170.7tie
AgentsInkling
- MCP AtlasInkling by 31.37644.7+31.3
- τ-Bench V3 · BankingInkling by 14.929.114.2+14.9
- GDPValInkling by 3.128.825.7+3.1
- Terminal-Bench 4.0tie10.5tie
ReasoningInkling
- SimpleBenchInkling by 8.35041.7+8.3
- LiveBench · ReasoningInkling by 3.778.374.7+3.7
- Humanity's Last ExamInkling by 3.531.928.4+3.5
- CritPtInkling by 2.35.43.1+2.3
- GPQA Diamondtie87.286.7tie
FactsInkling
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B by 3832.370.3+38
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyInkling by 1941.522.6+19
- SimpleQA VerifiedInkling by 11.543.932.4+11.5
MathInkling
- HMMT Feb. 2026Inkling by 7.586.378.8+7.5
- AIME 2026Inkling by 2.997.194.2+2.9
- LiveBench · Mathematicstie88.488.7tie
Long documentsNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B
- AA-LCRNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B by 277.379.3+2
Following instructionsNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B
- LiveBench · Instruction FollowingNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B by 3.470.173.5+3.4
- IFBenchNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B by 1.679.881.4+1.6
Other results14 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- livebench_data_analysisInkling by 18.372.854.5+18.3
- BrowseComp (context management)Inkling by 14.177.163+14.1
- Toolathlon VerifiedInkling by 11.245.534.3+11.2
- GDPval-AA v2Inkling by 90 rating points12381148+90 rating
- HLE (with tools)Inkling by 8.64637.4+8.6
- SWEBench Pro PublicInkling by 7.954.346.4+7.9
- τ³-Bench BankingInkling by 5.323.718.4+5.3
- Global-MMLU-LiteInkling by 3.188.785.6+3.1
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexInkling by 2.852.149.3+2.8
- livebench_languageInkling by 2.773.570.8+2.7
- AA Agentic IndexInkling by 2.624.321.7+2.6
- AA-OmniscienceInkling by 2.42-0.4+2.4
- AA IntelligenceInkling by 2.12522.9+2.1
- StrongREJECTtie98.698.7tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Inkling or Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B?
Inkling wins five of the seven areas where both have results: coding, agents, reasoning, facts and math. Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B wins long documents and following instructions, and costs 35% less.
Which is better for coding?
Inkling. It wins 4 of the 5 coding tests both models report; Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B wins none, and 1 is a tie.
Which is cheaper?
Inkling costs $1.00 per million input tokens and $4.05 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B costs $0.60 and $2.70. That makes Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B about 35% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 37 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 23 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 14 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.