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# Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

> Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B by NVIDIA, released December 2025. Ranked #147 of 354 with a Noometry Index of 40.6. API: $0.05 in / $0.20 out per M tokens. 262K context. Scores, sources and comparisons.
- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/models/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Title: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B Benchmarks, Price & Rank (October 2026)

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B by NVIDIA ranks 147th of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 40.6. Its strongest category is reasoning, where it ranks 124th. API pricing starts at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens, with a 262K-token context window.

Last verified October 10, 2026

## Specifications

- **Noometry rank:** #147 of 354
- **Index score:** 40.6
- **Evidence:** Confirmed 18 results
- **Provider:** [![](/logos/nvidia.svg) NVIDIA](https://noometry.com/providers/nvidia)
- **Released:** December 15, 2025
- **Weights:** Open weights
- **Reasoning:** Yes
- **Context window:** 262K
- **Max output:** 262K
- **Input price:** $0.05 / M
- **Output price:** $0.20 / M
- **Blended price:** $0.0875 / M
- **Output speed:** Not measured
- **Value:** #9 of 219
- **Knowledge cutoff:** Unknown
- **Input:** text
- **Hugging Face:** [nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-30B-A3B-BF16](https://huggingface.co/nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-30B-A3B-BF16)

## Category scores

Each category score combines every public result we have in that category.

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B category scores

1.  Coding 40.5
2.  Reasoning 27.1
3.  Math 37.8
4.  Knowledge 38.2
5.  Multilingual 45.8
6.  Instruction Following 68.8
7.  Long Context 39.5
8.  Writing & Preference 52.3
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Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B category ranks
| Category | Score | Rank | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Coding](https://noometry.com/best/coding) | 40.5 | #138 | 1 |
| [Reasoning](https://noometry.com/best/reasoning) | 27.1 | #124 | 1 |
| [Math](https://noometry.com/best/math) | 37.8 | #147 | 1 |
| [Knowledge](https://noometry.com/best/knowledge) | 38.2 | #148 | 2 |
| [Multilingual](https://noometry.com/best/multilingual) | 45.8 | #162 | 1 |
| [Instruction Following](https://noometry.com/best/instruction-following) | 68.8 | #180 | 1 |
| [Long Context](https://noometry.com/best/long-context) | 39.5 | #175 | 1 |
| [Writing & Preference](https://noometry.com/best/writing) | 52.3 | #174 | 3 |

## Strengths and weaknesses

Categories where Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B places highest and lowest among the models ranked in each, with its score against that category's median.

### Strongest categories

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: strongest categories
| Category | Score | vs median | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Reasoning](https://noometry.com/best/reasoning) | 27.1 | +3.5 | #124 of 350, top 36% |
| [Coding](https://noometry.com/best/coding) | 40.5 | +1.8 | #138 of 340, top 41% |
| [Math](https://noometry.com/best/math) | 37.8 | +1.2 | #147 of 327, top 45% |

### Weakest categories

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: weakest categories
| Category | Score | vs median | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Long Context](https://noometry.com/best/long-context) | 39.5 | −1.4 | #175 of 296, top 60% |
| [Instruction Following](https://noometry.com/best/instruction-following) | 68.8 | −2.4 | #180 of 305, top 60% |
| [Writing & Preference](https://noometry.com/best/writing) | 52.3 | −1.5 | #174 of 312, top 56% |

## Closest competitors

The models ranked just above and below Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B. When scores are this close, price and speed are often the better way to choose.

Models ranked closest to Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
| Model | Rank | Score | Blended $/M | Speed |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [o1](https://noometry.com/models/o1) | #143 | 40.9 | $26.25 | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b-vs-o1) |
| [Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite](https://noometry.com/models/gemini-3-1-flash-lite) | #144 | 40.8 | $0.56 | 10 | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-3-1-flash-lite-vs-nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b) |
| [Claude Sonnet 4](https://noometry.com/models/claude-sonnet-4) | #145 | 40.8 | $6 | 31 | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/claude-sonnet-4-vs-nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b) |
| [Qwen2.5-Max](https://noometry.com/models/qwen2-5-max) | #146 | 40.7 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b-vs-qwen2-5-max) |
| [Granite 4.2 8B](https://noometry.com/models/granite-4-2-8b) | #148 | 40.5 | $0.11 | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/granite-4-2-8b-vs-nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b) |
| [Step 3](https://noometry.com/models/step-3) | #149 | 40.5 | — | 7 | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b-vs-step-3) |
| [MiniMax M1](https://noometry.com/models/minimax-m1) | #150 | 40.3 | $0.96 | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/minimax-m1-vs-nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b) |
| [Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5](https://noometry.com/models/nvidia-llama-3-3-nemotron-super-49b-v1-5) | #151 | 40.3 | $0.40 | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b-vs-nvidia-llama-3-3-nemotron-super-49b-v1-5) |

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## Benchmark results

Every published result we track, with its source. Bold rows are the ones used for ranking; where several exist we prefer independent runs over self-reported numbers.

### Coding

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B Coding benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Coding](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-coding) | 1378 | #152 of 294, top 52% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Reasoning

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B Reasoning benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Hard Prompts](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-hard-prompts) | 1348 | #162 of 297, top 55% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Math

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B Math benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Math](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-math) | 1371 | #149 of 285, top 53% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Knowledge

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B Knowledge benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Vectara Hallucination Rate](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/vectara-hallucination) (lower is better) | 9.6% | #52 of 96, top 55% |  | [Vectara Hallucination Leaderboard](https://github.com/vectara/hallucination-leaderboard) |  |
| [LMArena Expert](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-expert) | 1355 | #154 of 273, top 57% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Multilingual

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B Multilingual benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Non-English](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-non-english) | 1320 | #162 of 297, top 55% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Chinese](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-chinese) | 1382 | #149 of 285, top 53% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena French](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-french) | 1396 | #124 of 223, top 56% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena German](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-german) | 1348 | #133 of 231, top 58% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Japanese](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-japanese) | 1268 | #134 of 211, top 64% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Korean](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-korean) | 1269 | #141 of 213, top 67% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Russian](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-russian) | 1303 | #176 of 283, top 63% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Spanish](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-spanish) | 1376 | #129 of 226, top 58% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Instruction Following

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B Instruction Following benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Instruction Following](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-instruction-following) | 1304 | #176 of 298, top 60% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Long Context

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B Long Context benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Longer Query](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-longer-query) | 1300 | #188 of 291, top 65% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Writing & Preference

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B Writing & Preference benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Text](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-text) | 1348 | #160 of 297, top 54% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Creative Writing](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-creative-writing) | 1269 | #190 of 295, top 65% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Multi-Turn](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-multi-turn) | 1319 | #176 of 295, top 60% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

## API pricing by provider

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B API prices
| Route | Input $/M | Output $/M | Cached input $/M | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [bedrock](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/models-supported.html) | $0.06 | $0.24 | — | 2026-10-10 |
| [deepinfra](https://deepinfra.com/models) | $0.05 | $0.20 | $0.025 | 2026-10-10 |
| [openrouter](https://openrouter.ai/nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b) | $0.06 | $0.24 | — | 2026-10-10 |

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## Frequently asked questions

### How good is Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B by NVIDIA ranks 147th of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 40.6. Its strongest category is reasoning, where it ranks 124th. API pricing starts at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens, with a 262K-token context window.

### How much does Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B cost?

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens on deepinfra, with cached input at $0.025.

### What is Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B's context window?

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B accepts up to 262K tokens of input and can write up to 262K tokens in one response.

### Is Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B open source?

Yes. Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B's weights are downloadable from Hugging Face (nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-30B-A3B-BF16); check the license for commercial terms.

### What are Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B's strengths and weaknesses?

Relative to other ranked models, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B places best in reasoning, coding, math and lowest in long context, instruction following, writing & preference.

### What is Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B best at?

Its best category is reasoning, where it ranks 124th on Noometry.

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