NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra vs Poolside: Laguna M.1 (free)
Based on weekly OpenRouter usage tracked by AI Tier List, NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra ranks #8 overall — ahead of Poolside: Laguna M.1 (free) at #17. Poolside: Laguna M.1 (free) is cheaper on input tokens at Free/1M vs $0.60/1M for NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra. NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra offers the larger context window at 1M tokens.
Spec Comparison
| NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra | Poolside: Laguna M.1 (free) | |
|---|---|---|
| Author | nvidia | poolside |
| Input price (per 1M tokens) | $0.60 | Free |
| Output price (per 1M tokens) | $3.60 | Free |
| Context window | 1M | 262K |
| Input modalities | text | text |
| Output modalities | text | text |
| AA Intelligence | — | — |
| AA Coding | — | — |
| AA Agentic | — | — |
| Released | Jun 2026 | Apr 2026 |
Usage Rank by Task
| Task | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra | Poolside: Laguna M.1 (free) |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | #8 | #17 |
| Memory Extraction | #5 | — |
| Debugging | #7 | — |
| DevOps Config | #7 | — |
| Repo Analysis | #6 | — |
| Shell Execution | #9 | — |
| Conversation | #8 | — |
| DevOps | #6 | — |
| Security Audit | #8 | — |
| Summarization | #6 | — |
| Tool Calls | #9 | — |
FAQ
Usage ranks are weekly data aggregated by OpenRouter. Prices are USD per 1M tokens.