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Kimi K2 Base vs Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B Base

Moonshot · released

Wins 0 of 1 area

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NVIDIA · released

Wins 1 of 1 area

Reasoning

Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B Base is the stronger all-rounder.

Scores updated · 19 tests both models report · How we compare

Where each one wins

Tests won in each of the one area 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.

Reasoning rests on a single test.

The biggest differences

The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.

Where Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B Base pulls ahead

  • Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+1.9points aheadNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B Base50Kimi K2 Base48.1

Where Kimi K2 Base pulls ahead

No clear win on a test scored out of 100.

Every test, side by side

All 19 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.

ReasoningNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B Base
  • GPQA DiamondNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B Base by 1.948.150+1.9

Full reasoning ranking

Other results18 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.

  • MBPP-SanitizedNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B Base by 13.972.186+13.9
  • MATHNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B Base by 11.870.282+11.8
  • MMLU-ProNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B Base by 9.969.279.1+9.9
  • GPQA (unspecified)Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B Base by 6.943.150+6.9
  • AGIEval-EnNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B Base by 6.172.578.7+6.1
  • WinoGrandeKimi K2 Base by 685.379.3+6
  • HumanEvalNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B Base by 5.678.283.8+5.6
  • Global-MMLU-LiteNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B Base by 4.585.690.1+4.5
  • HellaSwagKimi K2 Base by 4.194.690.5+4.1
  • GSM8KKimi K2 Base by 492.188.1+4
  • RULER 128KNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B Base by 3.988.692.5+3.9
  • MGSMNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B Base by 2.585.287.7+2.5
  • OpenBookQAKimi K2 Base by 2.250.848.6+2.2
  • RULER 64KNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B Base by 1.593.895.3+1.5
  • MMLUNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B Base by 1.387.889.1+1.3
  • ARC-ChallengeNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B Base by 1.296.297.3+1.2
  • PIQAKimi K2 Base by 1.184.983.8+1.1
  • RACEtie9292.2tie

Questions people ask

Which is better, Kimi K2 Base or Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B Base?

Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B Base wins the one area where both have results: reasoning. Kimi K2 Base wins none.

How do you compare the two?

We use the 19 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 1 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 18 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.