Command A vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Command A leads Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 13.1 to 8.9, and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs 45.5x less per output token ($0.22 vs $10.00 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 42 benchmarks have a result for both.
Command A or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Command A for work measured by LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) or LMArena Text: coding, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 42
- Command A only
- 20
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B only
- 0
- Like-for-like categories
- 7 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Command A
Command A leads, 13.1 against 8.9.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Tied at 1.0.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Command A has a GPQA Diamond result, 48.5%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Command A has a AIME result, 13.3%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Command A has a MMLU Pro result, 69.2%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B takes 262K tokens against 256K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Command A $0.0075, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B $0.0002 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Command A has the number, $2.69.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Command A not benchmarked, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Math, 44.6 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- AA Math Index: Command A 13.0 against Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 91.0, 78.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Command A $10.00 against Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B $0.22 per million output tokens, 45.5x apart.
- Context window
- Command A takes 256K tokens, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 262K.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Command A | Bars | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 3 | 3 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 0 | 1 tie | |
| Reasoning | 2 | 3 | ||
| Math | 0 | 4 | ||
| Knowledge | 1 | 4 | ||
| General | 12 | 7 | ||
| All shared boards | 20 | 21 | 1 tie |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index33
| Benchmark | Command A | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Coding Index | 27.8 | 14.4 | Command A |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 35.1% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 7.8% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 17.6% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 28.7% | 74.1% | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| SciCode | 38.5% | 30.6% | Command A |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 25.0% | 13.6% | Command A |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1330 | 1378 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1336 | 1383 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| Neither model has a result on the other 30 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Command A | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 13.1 | 8.9 | Command A |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Command A | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 1.0 | 1.0 | Tie |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 9.0% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 80.7% | 40.9% | Command A |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) | 46.5% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 37 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index23
| Benchmark | Command A | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 48.5% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 76.1% | 75.7% | Command A |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 12.0% | 11.4% | Command A |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1326 | 1348 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1296 | 1355 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1335 | 1376 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | Command A | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 13.3% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | 76.2% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 85.7% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| AA Math Index | 13.0 | 91.0 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 13.0% | 91.0% | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: math | 1300 | 1371 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1312 | 1375 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index14
| Benchmark | Command A | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 69.2% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 79.7% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 64.5% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 46.0% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 61.4% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 80.5% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 19.7% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 71.2% | 79.4% | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: science | 1339 | 1353 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1334 | 1349 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1348 | 1341 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1315 | 1346 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
Web designNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Command A | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 9 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index127
| Benchmark | Command A | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 55.7% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| IFBench | 73.9% | 71.1% | Command A |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 52.7% | 38.0% | Command A |
| DTBench | 61.3% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LMCA | 10.3% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1348 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1309 | 1303 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1319 | 1269 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: English | 1344 | 1377 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1313 | 1320 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1327 | 1383 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: German | 1342 | 1348 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1285 | 1268 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1285 | 1269 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: French | 1351 | 1396 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1347 | 1376 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1314 | 1304 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1324 | 1303 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1338 | 1319 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1334 | 1300 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1328 | 1283 | Command A |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1306 | 1293 | Command A |
| Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Command A | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Cohere Command A | NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Cohere | NVIDIA |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | March 13, 2025 | December 14, 2025 |
| Context window | 256K | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.50 | $0.055 |
| Output $/Mtok | $10.00 | $0.22 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | $2.69 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Command A better than Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Command A for work measured by LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) or LMArena Text: coding, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Command A or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Command A costs $2.50 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs $0.055 and $0.22. Cost per solved task is known for Command A only.
Which has the bigger context window, Command A or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B, with 262K tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks is the Command A vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B comparison based on?
42 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Command A's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.