Model comparison
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (40.8 vs 40.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
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- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite scores higher in 6 categories and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads 60.9 to 52.3.
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.25 / $1.50 for Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite.
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | |
| Noometry Index | 40.8 | 40.6 |
| Released | 2026-03-03 | 2025-12-15 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Max output | 66K | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.25 | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.50 | $0.20 |
| Results tracked | 38 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 37.8 (#188), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 40.5 (#138)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1400 | 1378 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1256 | — |
| SciCode | 41.9% | — |
| WeirdML | 52.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 797.73 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 30.2 (#79), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| DeepResearch Bench | 37.3% | — |
Reasoning Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 22.9 (#186), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 27.1 (#124)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1407 | 1348 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 67.2% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 8.2% | — |
| CritPt | 1.1% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 25% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 3% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 63.3% | — |
| DTBench | 76.8% | — |
| LMCA | 35% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 144.47 | — |
| ForecastBench | 54.4 | — |
Math Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 40.7 (#90), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 37.8 (#147)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1428 | 1371 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 27.7% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 80% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 41.9 (#104), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 38.2 (#148)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 8.2% | 9.6% |
| LMArena Expert | 1398 | 1355 |
| GPQA Diamond | 81.8% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 8.6% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 39.4 (#60), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1240 | — |
Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 52.3 (#86), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 45.8 (#162)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1411 | 1320 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1461 | 1382 |
| LMArena French | 1424 | 1396 |
| LMArena German | 1429 | 1348 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1413 | 1268 |
| LMArena Korean | 1392 | 1269 |
| LMArena Russian | 1420 | 1303 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1421 | 1376 |
Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 72.7 (#131), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 68.8 (#180)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1377 | 1304 |
Long Context Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 42.5 (#122), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 39.5 (#175)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1394 | 1300 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 60.9 (#94), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 52.3 (#174)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1416 | 1348 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1401 | 1269 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1417 | 1319 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite better than Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (40.8 vs 40.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite lists at $0.25 and $1.50.
Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B better for coding?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.5 versus 37.8 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite has 38 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has 18.