Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Gemini 2.5 Pro leads Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 16.1 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 22, 2026; 42 benchmarks have a result for both.
Gemini 2.5 Pro or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: which to pick
Only Gemini 2.5 Pro has a coding score, 19.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B for output tokens 45.5x cheaper ($0.22 vs $10.00 per million) and work measured by AA Math Index or AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 42
- Gemini 2.5 Pro only
- 52
- 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
Only Gemini 2.5 Pro has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro leads, 16.1 against 8.9.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro leads, 1.6 against 1.0.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Gemini 2.5 Pro has a Design Arena: websites result, 1167.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro takes 1.05M tokens against 262K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Gemini 2.5 Pro $0.0063, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B $0.0002 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Gemini 2.5 Pro has the number, $0.64.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemini 2.5 Pro 19.1 from 3 benchmarks, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- General, 23.6 points apart on average over 19 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- LMArena Text: Japanese: Gemini 2.5 Pro 1461 against Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 1268, 32.1 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemini 2.5 Pro $10.00 against Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B $0.22 per million output tokens, 45.5x apart.
- Context window
- Gemini 2.5 Pro takes 1.05M 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 | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Bars | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 6 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 2 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 5 | 0 | ||
| Math | 2 | 2 | ||
| Knowledge | 5 | 0 | ||
| General | 18 | 1 | ||
| All shared boards | 39 | 3 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index60
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 53.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1226 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| AA Coding Index | 33.3 | 14.4 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 54.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 0.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 80.1% | 74.1% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| SciCode | 46.3% | 30.6% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 26.5% | 13.6% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| Terminal-Bench | 32.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| GSO-Bench | 3.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| WeirdML | 54.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1452 | 1378 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1459 | 1383 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1235 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1285 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 28 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 16.1 | 8.9 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 145.1 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 1.6 | 1.0 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 54.1% | 40.9% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| GDPval | 23.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| DeepResearch Bench | 41.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $574 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| BrowseComp-Plus | 29.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 36 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 84.4% | 75.7% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 22.5% | 11.4% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 85.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| ARC-AGI | 41.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 4.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1455 | 1348 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1452 | 1355 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1453 | 1376 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1274 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1281 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 70.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index22
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | 87.7 | 91.0 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 87.7% | 91.0% | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 84.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 24.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 0.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1450 | 1371 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1454 | 1375 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| MathArena | 12.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 63.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 60.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 68.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 50.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 86.2% | 79.4% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: science | 1480 | 1353 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1476 | 1349 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1480 | 1341 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1439 | 1346 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | 61.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| PRBench Finance | 38.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| PRBench Legal | 41.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1167 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1137 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1111 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1222 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1080 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1152 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index181
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 41.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 73.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| IFBench | 48.7% | 71.1% | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 69.0% | 38.0% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| DTBench | 82.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMCA | 34.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | 83.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text | 1458 | 1348 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1437 | 1303 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1454 | 1269 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Vision | 1263 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1458 | 1377 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1452 | 1320 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1507 | 1383 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: German | 1487 | 1348 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1461 | 1268 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1434 | 1269 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: French | 1473 | 1396 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1474 | 1376 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1461 | 1304 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1479 | 1303 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1453 | 1319 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1449 | 1300 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1454 | 1283 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1441 | 1293 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1261 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1300 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1270 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1262 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | 1304 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | 1283 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1265 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Document | 1421 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| MultiChallenge | 53.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | 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 | Google Gemini 2.5 Pro | NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | NVIDIA | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | June 17, 2025 | December 14, 2025 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $1.25 | $0.055 |
| Output $/Mtok | $10.00 | $0.22 |
| Coding index | 19.1 | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 3 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.64 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemini 2.5 Pro better than Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B for coding?
Only Gemini 2.5 Pro has a coding score, 19.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B for output tokens 45.5x cheaper ($0.22 vs $10.00 per million) and work measured by AA Math Index or AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Gemini 2.5 Pro costs $1.25 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 Gemini 2.5 Pro only.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Gemini 2.5 Pro, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks is the Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B comparison based on?
42 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Gemini 2.5 Pro's coding index rests on 3 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.