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Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

Nemotron 3 Ultra leads Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 22.9 to 8.9, and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs 10.9x less per output token ($0.22 vs $2.40 per million). Updated October 23, 2026; 37 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B Replace Nemotron 3 Ultra
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNVIDIA
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$0.22
0
Nemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA
Coding
30.0
Overall
53.1
Output $/M
$2.40
37
vs boards won of 37 shared

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B or Nemotron 3 Ultra: which to pick

Only Nemotron 3 Ultra has a coding score, 30.0 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 10.9x cheaper ($0.22 vs $2.40 per million).

Model ANemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNVIDIANot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BNemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA30.0/1003 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved task
Shared results
37
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B only
5
Nemotron 3 Ultra only
34
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
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B not benchmarked, Nemotron 3 Ultra 30.0 from 3 benchmarks.
Widest category
Agentic work, 30.7 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
τ²-Bench Telecom: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 40.9% against Nemotron 3 Ultra 83.3%, 42.4 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B $0.22 against Nemotron 3 Ultra $2.40 per million output tokens, 10.9x apart.
Context window
Both take 262K tokens.

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
CategoryNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BBarsNemotron 3 UltraTies
Coding05
Intelligence01
Agentic work02
Reasoning05
Math02
Knowledge04
General018
All shared boards037
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index05
Coding benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNemotron 3 UltraLeader
AA Coding Index14.449.3Nemotron 3 Ultra
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured86.0%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured69.0%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)Not measured7.6%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Code migration (Vals AI)Not measured4.9%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
ProgramBench (Vals AI)Not measured0.0%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)Not measured50.9%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)74.1%Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured
SciCode30.6%40.3%Nemotron 3 Ultra
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)13.6%36.4%Nemotron 3 Ultra
FrontierCodeNot measured13.6%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
WeirdMLNot measured43.5%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LMArena Text: coding13781467Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: software and IT13821468Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 29 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Intelligence benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNemotron 3 UltraLeader
AA Intelligence Index8.922.9Nemotron 3 Ultra
Epoch Capabilities IndexNot measured146.0Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Agentic work benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNemotron 3 UltraLeader
AA Agentic Index1.020.1Nemotron 3 Ultra
Finance Agent (Vals AI)Not measured37.7%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)Not measured15.4%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured31.7%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
τ²-Bench Telecom40.9%83.3%Nemotron 3 Ultra
APEX-AgentsNot measured22.7%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
MCP AtlasNot measured63.1%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Neither model has a result on the other 35 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
Reasoning benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNemotron 3 UltraLeader
GPQA DiamondNot measured86.1%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)75.7%86.7%Nemotron 3 Ultra
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)11.4%28.4%Nemotron 3 Ultra
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)Not measured85.4%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Mystery game puzzlesNot measured20.0%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts13481452Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: expert13561472Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English13761453Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Math benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNemotron 3 UltraLeader
AA Math Index91.0Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)91.0%Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured
OTIS Mock AIMENot measured86.7%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
ProofBenchNot measured2.0%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LMArena Text: math13711457Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: mathematical work13751462Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Knowledge benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNemotron 3 UltraLeader
MMLU ProNot measured85.8%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured82.1%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured65.5%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured73.1%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured38.6%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)79.4%Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured
LMArena Text: science13531465Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13491455Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: legal and government13411453Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: business and finance13451435Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNemotron 3 UltraLeader
Design Arena: websitesNot measured1145Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: UI componentsNot measured1135Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: game devNot measured1138Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: data vizNot measured1142Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: 3DNot measured1132Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: all code categoriesNot measured1146Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: SVGNot measured1069Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: ASCII artNot measured1100Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index018
General benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNemotron 3 UltraLeader
IFBench71.1%81.4%Nemotron 3 Ultra
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)38.0%79.3%Nemotron 3 Ultra
DTBenchNot measured90.1%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LMCANot measured36.9%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LMArena Text13481445Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: instruction following13041418Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: creative writing12701398Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: English13781454Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: non-English13201427Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Chinese13831498Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: German13481474Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Japanese1269Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured
LMArena Text: Korean12691385Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: French13961473Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Spanish13761454Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Russian13041417Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Polish13021385Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: multi-turn13191411Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: longer queries13001437Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: writing and language12841405Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: entertainment and media12941397Nemotron 3 Ultra
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 Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNemotron 3 UltraLeader
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$0.0002Fits in one request
Nemotron 3 Ultra$0.0018Fits in one request

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B$0.0034Fits in one request
Nemotron 3 Ultra$0.037Fits in one request

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B$0.013Fits in one request
Nemotron 3 Ultra$0.144Fits 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 Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B and Nemotron 3 Ultra
SpecificationNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra
MakerNVIDIANVIDIA
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedDecember 14, 2025June 4, 2026
Context window262K262K
Input $/Mtok$0.055$0.60
Output $/Mtok$0.22$2.40
Coding indexNot benchmarked30.0
Independent measurements behind it03
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B better than Nemotron 3 Ultra for coding?

Only Nemotron 3 Ultra has a coding score, 30.0 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 10.9x cheaper ($0.22 vs $2.40 per million).

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

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs $0.055 per million input tokens and $0.22 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Ultra costs $0.60 and $2.40. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

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

Neither: both take 262K tokens.

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

37 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 23, 2026. Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Nemotron 3 Ultra's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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