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How much energy does Nemotron 3 Ultra use?

NVIDIA · released 2026-06-04

Complex prompt
13.5 Wh
≈ 25 m of driving
Everyday chat
0.577 Wh
Capability
85.4
Energy rank
98 of 134

What this figure is

Calculated  Calculated from a published parameter count. Every model on this site is calculated the same way, so the comparison holds even where the absolute value carries uncertainty. Our figures are good to roughly a factor of two to three, which is why we only ever state a difference of 5× or more.

Is there a better choice?

A lighter model that does the job
Qwen3.6 27B
Alibaba · capability 84.8. It scores in the same tier as Nemotron 3 Ultra — 78–88, the same standard of work — and uses about 38× less energy per answer: 0.351 Wh against 13.5 Wh.

What NVIDIA publishes

Energy cannot be worked out without knowing how big a model is. Of the 1 models from NVIDIA that we track, 1 can be assessed at all — the rest publish too little for anyone outside the company to calculate anything.

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Figure calculated 2026-09-01 · how these numbers are made · the full comparison of 134 models