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NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B vs Qwen3.8 27B

Close to a tie overall. Qwen3.8 27B costs 16% less for the same work, and both read a 256K-token context.

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B

by NVIDIA · #26 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
256K
Input / 1M
$0.50
Output / 1M
$2.20

Qwen3.8 27B

by Qwen · #25 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
256K
Input / 1M
$0.20
Output / 1M
$2.50

Better overall

About even

Grade 72.8 vs 74.4

Cheaper

Qwen3.8 27B

16% less, $0.78 vs $0.93 blended

Larger context

Same

256K vs 256K tokens

Terminal-Bench 2.1

Qwen3.8 27B

56.4% vs 73%

Head to head

Public benchmarks. Longer is better; each value links to its source.

LMArena TextElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B: 1,426
LMArena WebDevElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 13, 2026
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B: —
LMArena CodingElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B: 1,474
SWE-bench Verified% of issues resolved · SWE-bench · Jun 4, 2026 · reference
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B: 70.7%v
Qwen3.8 27BQwen3.8 27B: —
SWE-Bench Pro% of tasks resolved · Scale AI SWE-Bench Pro · Aug 5, 2026 · reference
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B: —
Terminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks passed · Terminal-Bench · Aug 5, 2026 · reference
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B: 56.4%v
LiveCodeBenchpass@1, % · LiveCodeBench · Aug 5, 2026 · reference
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B: —

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BQwen3.8 27Bv = reported by the model’s maker. — = no public score yet. Arena bars span the range across every model we grade.

What it costs you

Drag to match your monthly usage.

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B$188 /month
Qwen3.8 27B$140 /month

Qwen3.8 27B saves you $48.00 a month at this usage, $576 a year.

At a glance

AttributeNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BQwen3.8 27B
Made byNVIDIAQwen
AvailabilityComing soonComing soon
Overall gradeExcellent · 72.8Excellent · 74.4
Overall rank#26 of 67#25 of 67
Input price$0.50 per 1M$0.20 per 1M
Output price$2.20 per 1M$2.50 per 1M
Context window262,144 tokens262,144 tokens
Reasoning levelsNoYes
Reads imagesNoYes
Model IDnvidia-nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55bqwen3.8-27b

Try both with one key

Same endpoint, same key, both hosted in the USA. Change one word to switch models, in Claude Code, Cursor, Cline or your own code.

Get your API key
# Ask either model the same thing
curl https://fullsendai.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FULLSEND_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"model": "nvidia-nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b", "messages": [...]}'

# …then swap one word
  -d '{"model": "qwen3.8-27b", "messages": [...]}'

Questions

Is NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B or Qwen3.8 27B better?

They grade within two points of each other (72.8 and 74.4), so pick on price and the benchmarks that match your work.

Which is cheaper, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B or Qwen3.8 27B?

Qwen3.8 27B: $0.20 in and $2.50 out per million tokens, against $0.50 and $2.20 through FullsendAI.

Which has the larger context window?

Neither: both take 262,144 tokens.

Can I use both with one API key?

Yes, once they launch: both are coming soon, at the prices shown, and both will use the same FullsendAI key.

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Scores: LMArena (CC BY 4.0), SWE-bench, Scale AI SWE-Bench Pro, Terminal-Bench, LiveCodeBench, and model makers’ published results where marked v. Prices are FullsendAI’s, per million tokens. Data as of Oct 28, 2026.