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R1 0528 vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

R1 0528 leads Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 13.1 to 8.9, and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs 9.9x less per output token ($0.22 vs $2.18 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 39 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace R1 0528 Replace Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
R1 0528DeepSeek
Coding
No data
Overall
46.8
Output $/M
$2.18
35
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNVIDIA
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$0.22
4
vs boards won of 39 shared

R1 0528 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 R1 0528 for work measured by τ²-Bench Telecom or AA Math Index, where it leads.

Model AR1 0528DeepSeekNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNVIDIANot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
39
R1 0528 only
24
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B only
3
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.

At a glance

Coding index
R1 0528 not benchmarked, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B not benchmarked.
Widest category
General, 15.6 points apart on average over 19 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
IFBench: R1 0528 39.6% against Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 71.1%, 31.5 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
R1 0528 $2.18 against Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B $0.22 per million output tokens, 9.9x apart.
Context window
R1 0528 takes 164K 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.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryR1 0528BarsNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BTies
Coding40
Intelligence10
Agentic work01
Reasoning50
Math22
Knowledge50
General181
All shared boards354
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index40
Coding benchmarks for R1 0528 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkR1 0528Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
Aider polyglot71.4%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
AA Coding IndexNot measured14.4Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)77.0%74.1%R1 0528
SciCodeNot measured30.6%Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)15.9%13.6%R1 0528
WeirdML41.6%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
ALE-Bench804.1Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
LMArena Text: coding14271378R1 0528
LMArena Text: software and IT14351383R1 0528
Neither model has a result on the other 34 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Intelligence benchmarks for R1 0528 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkR1 0528Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
AA Intelligence Index13.18.9R1 0528
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Agentic work benchmarks for R1 0528 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkR1 0528Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured1.0Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured
τ²-Bench Telecom36.5%40.9%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
METR time horizons53.8%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
DeepResearch Bench35.1%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
BrowseComp-Plus16.4%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 37 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Reasoning benchmarks for R1 0528 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkR1 0528Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)81.3%75.7%R1 0528
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)15.8%11.4%R1 0528
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)76.3%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
ARC-AGI21.2%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
ARC-AGI-21.1%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
SimpleBench40.8%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14151348R1 0528
LMArena Text: expert13941355R1 0528
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14221376R1 0528
Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index22
Math benchmarks for R1 0528 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkR1 0528Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
AA Math Index76.091.0Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)76.0%91.0%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
OTIS Mock AIME66.4%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
MATH level 596.6%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
LMArena Text: math14001371R1 0528
LMArena Text: mathematical work14151375R1 0528
MathArena12.9%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Knowledge benchmarks for R1 0528 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkR1 0528Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)84.9%79.4%R1 0528
LMArena Text: science14301353R1 0528
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14451349R1 0528
LMArena Text: legal and government14191341R1 0528
LMArena Text: business and finance14021346R1 0528
PRBench Finance32.7%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
PRBench Legal36.6%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for R1 0528 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkR1 0528Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
Design Arena: websites1149Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
Design Arena: UI components1100Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
Design Arena: game dev1097Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
Design Arena: data viz1182Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
Design Arena: 3D1110Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
Design Arena: all code categories1138Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
Design Arena: SVG1038Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index181
General benchmarks for R1 0528 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkR1 0528Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
IFBench39.6%71.1%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)55.7%38.0%R1 0528
Fiction.LiveBench75.0%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)81.9%Not measuredOnly R1 0528 measured
LMArena Text14281348R1 0528
LMArena Text: instruction following13821303R1 0528
LMArena Text: creative writing14051269R1 0528
LMArena Text: English14371377R1 0528
LMArena Text: non-English14121320R1 0528
LMArena Text: Chinese14421383R1 0528
LMArena Text: German14041348R1 0528
LMArena Text: Japanese13911268R1 0528
LMArena Text: Korean13601269R1 0528
LMArena Text: French14171396R1 0528
LMArena Text: Spanish14111376R1 0528
LMArena Text: Russian14231304R1 0528
LMArena Text: Polish14281303R1 0528
LMArena Text: multi-turn14051319R1 0528
LMArena Text: longer queries13911300R1 0528
LMArena Text: writing and language14021283R1 0528
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14001293R1 0528
Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for R1 0528 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkR1 0528Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
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

R1 0528$0.0016Fits in one request
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B$0.0002Fits in one request

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

R1 0528$0.032Fits in one request
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B$0.0034Fits in one request

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

R1 0528$0.122Exceeds the context window
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B$0.013Fits in one request

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.

Specifications of R1 0528 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
SpecificationDeepSeek R1 0528NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
MakerDeepSeekNVIDIA
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedMay 28, 2025December 14, 2025
Context window164K262K
Input $/Mtok$0.50$0.055
Output $/Mtok$2.18$0.22
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it00
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is R1 0528 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 R1 0528 for work measured by τ²-Bench Telecom or AA Math Index, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, R1 0528 or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?

R1 0528 costs $0.50 per million input tokens and $2.18 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs $0.055 and $0.22. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

Which has the bigger context window, R1 0528 or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B, with 262K tokens against 164K.

How many benchmarks is the R1 0528 vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B comparison based on?

39 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. R1 0528's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks 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.

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