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 details →NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) vs Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Qwen Plus 0728, based on the Qwen3 foundation model, is a 1 million context hybrid reasoning model with a balanced performance, speed, and cost combination.
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) | Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 1M | 1M | Tie |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.00 | $0.40 | 🏆 NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.00 | $1.20 | 🏆 NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | — | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) better than Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)?
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) and Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)?
Input: $0.00 vs $0.40 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.00 vs $1.20 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) and Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) support?
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) supports up to 1M tokens. Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) supports up to 1M tokens.
Do both NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) and Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) support tool calling?
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free): yes. Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking): yes.
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