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Gemma 3 27B vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads Gemma 3 27B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 8.9 to 4.9, and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs 1.4x less per output token ($0.22 vs $0.30 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 42 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Gemma 3 27B Replace Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Gemma 3 27BGoogle
Coding
No data
Overall
31.4
Output $/M
$0.30
17
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNVIDIA
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$0.22
25
vs boards won of 42 shared

Gemma 3 27B 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 Gemma 3 27B for work measured by AA Coding Index or LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.

Model AGemma 3 27BGoogleNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNVIDIANot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
42
Gemma 3 27B only
24
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.

At a glance

Coding index
Gemma 3 27B not benchmarked, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B not benchmarked.
Widest category
Math, 39.6 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run): Gemma 3 27B 20.7% against Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 91.0%, 70.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Gemma 3 27B $0.30 against Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B $0.22 per million output tokens, 1.4x apart.
Context window
Gemma 3 27B takes 131K 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
CategoryGemma 3 27BBarsNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BTies
Coding06
Intelligence01
Agentic work02
Reasoning05
Math04
Knowledge41
General136
All shared boards1725
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index06
Coding benchmarks for Gemma 3 27B and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
Aider polyglot4.9%Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 27B measured
AA Coding Index10.114.4Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)13.7%74.1%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
SciCode23.3%30.6%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)3.8%13.6%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
LMArena Text: coding13221378Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
LMArena Text: software and IT13541383Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
SciCode0.0%Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 27B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 35 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Intelligence benchmarks for Gemma 3 27B and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
AA Intelligence Index4.98.9Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Epoch Capabilities Index130.0Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 27B measured
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Agentic work benchmarks for Gemma 3 27B and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
AA Agentic Index0.11.0Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
τ²-Bench Telecom10.5%40.9%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL)29.5%Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 27B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 39 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
Reasoning benchmarks for Gemma 3 27B and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)42.8%75.7%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)4.4%11.4%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)47.7%Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 27B measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts13401348Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
LMArena Text: expert13041355Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English13531376Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
LMArena Vision: diagrams1156Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 27B measured
LMArena Vision: homework1160Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 27B measured
Kagi LLM Benchmark35.1%Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 27B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Math benchmarks for Gemma 3 27B and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
AA Math Index20.791.0Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)20.7%91.0%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
OTIS Mock AIME22.5%Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 27B measured
MATH level 574.0%Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 27B measured
LMArena Text: math13121371Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
LMArena Text: mathematical work13271375Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index41
Knowledge benchmarks for Gemma 3 27B and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)66.9%79.4%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
GeoBench52.0%Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 27B measured
LMArena Text: science13831353Gemma 3 27B
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13911349Gemma 3 27B
LMArena Text: legal and government13751341Gemma 3 27B
LMArena Text: business and finance13601346Gemma 3 27B
FACTS Benchmark Suite29.1%Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 27B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here
Web designNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Gemma 3 27B and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
Neither model has a result on 9 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index136
General benchmarks for Gemma 3 27B and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
IFBench31.8%71.1%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)7.3%38.0%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
DTBench52.5%Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 27B measured
LMCA12.3%Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 27B measured
Fiction.LiveBench33.3%Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 27B measured
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)79.9%Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 27B measured
LMArena Text13581348Gemma 3 27B
LMArena Text: instruction following13211303Gemma 3 27B
LMArena Text: creative writing13451269Gemma 3 27B
LMArena Vision1165Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 27B measured
LMArena Text: English13771377Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
LMArena Text: non-English13341320Gemma 3 27B
LMArena Text: Chinese13461383Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
LMArena Text: German13621348Gemma 3 27B
LMArena Text: Japanese12871268Gemma 3 27B
LMArena Text: Korean13081269Gemma 3 27B
LMArena Text: French13681396Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
LMArena Text: Spanish13491376Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
LMArena Text: Russian13491304Gemma 3 27B
LMArena Text: Polish13451303Gemma 3 27B
LMArena Text: multi-turn13451319Gemma 3 27B
LMArena Text: longer queries13331300Gemma 3 27B
LMArena Text: writing and language13471283Gemma 3 27B
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13201293Gemma 3 27B
LMArena Vision: English1188Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 27B measured
LMArena Vision: Chinese1164Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 27B measured
LMArena Vision: reading text1156Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 27B measured
LMArena Vision: humor1166Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 27B measured
LMArena Vision: captioning1151Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 27B measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing things1196Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 27B measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing1177Not measuredOnly Gemma 3 27B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Gemma 3 27B and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkGemma 3 27BNemotron 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

Gemma 3 27B$0.0002Fits 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

Gemma 3 27B$0.0049Fits 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

Gemma 3 27B$0.019Exceeds 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 Gemma 3 27B and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
SpecificationGoogle Gemma 3 27BNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
MakerGoogleNVIDIA
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedMarch 12, 2025December 14, 2025
Context window131K262K
Input $/Mtok$0.08$0.055
Output $/Mtok$0.30$0.22
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it00
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Gemma 3 27B 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 Gemma 3 27B for work measured by AA Coding Index or LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 27B or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?

Gemma 3 27B costs $0.08 per million input tokens and $0.30 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, Gemma 3 27B or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B, with 262K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks is the Gemma 3 27B vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B comparison based on?

42 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Gemma 3 27B'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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