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NVIDIA Nemotron 3: Efficient and Open Intelligence research paper by NVIDIA, 2025

NVIDIA · Dec 24, 2025 · Inference and efficiency · 38 citations · 44 upvotes · unverified

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We introduce the Nemotron 3 family of models - Nano, Super, and Ultra.

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NVIDIA, Aaron Blakeman, Aaron Grattafiori and 355 more
arXiv
2512.20856 · PDF
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arXiv.org
Citations
38, 0 influential · Semantic Scholar
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44 · Hugging Face
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