Hy3 preview vs Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b

API pricing, context window and capabilities for Hy3 preview and Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b, side by side. Prices are the cheapest listed serving route per 1M tokens, from LiteLLM and OpenRouter.

Verdict

computed from the published numbers

Hy3 preview wins on price. Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b wins on intelligence. Benchmark data is unavailable for one or both models.

Price
Hy3 preview
Terminal-Bench
Not called
Intelligence
Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b
Context window
Tied

Key takeaways

who wins on what, from the published numbers

Hy3 preview wins

  • Cheaper input ($0.18 vs $0.50 /1M)
  • Cheaper output ($0.60 vs $2.15 /1M)
  • Higher max output (236K vs 203K)

Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b wins

  • More serving providers (1 vs 3)
  • Supports vision
  • Supports structured output
Cheaper overall
Hy3 preview
$0.18 + $0.60 /1M
Larger context
Tied
More providers
Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b
3 providers

Pricing & specs

cheapest listed route · per 1M tokens
On-demand listed rates, OpenRouter routed quotes and Vercel reseller quotes. Enterprise commitments can be materially lower. An OpenRouter routed quote is the price of whichever upstream provider OpenRouter prefers today, so it moves day to day.
Hy3 previewNvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b
Input $/1M$0.18OpenRouter routed quote best$0.50via DeepInfra
Output $/1M$0.60OpenRouter routed quote best$2.15via Wandb
Context window262K 262K
Max output236K best203K
Serving providers1 3 best
DateReleased Apr 20, 2026 Released Jun 4, 2026

Benchmarks

Benchmark scores, side by side
Hy3 previewNvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b
Intelligence22.7 22.9 best
Terminal-BenchNot available 54%
GPQA Diamond87% 87%
Output speedNot available 166 t/s
Latency (TTFT)Not available 1.12s

Cost calculator

choose a serving route for each side
Input tokens / month
Output tokens / month
Hy3 preview
via OpenRouter
$1.50
Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b
via DeepInfra
$4.70

Capabilities

feature support, side by side
FeatureHy3 previewNvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b
Vision—✓
Tool use✓✓
Reasoning✓✓
Audio——
Prompt caching✓✓
Structured output—✓
Web search——

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Frequently asked questions

Which is cheaper, Hy3 preview or Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b?
Hy3 preview is cheaper for input ($0.18 vs $0.50 per 1M tokens) as an OpenRouter routed quote. Hy3 preview is cheaper for output ($0.60 vs $2.15 per 1M tokens) as an OpenRouter routed quote.
What is the context window difference between Hy3 preview and Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b?
Both Hy3 preview and Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b have about a 262K-token context window.
How do Hy3 preview and Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b compare on benchmarks?
On the tracked benchmarks, Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b leads on intelligence.
Listed prices from LiteLLM, OpenRouter and Vercel · last checked Oct 14, 2026

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