Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B vs Qwen-Plus
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs 3.5x less per output token than Qwen-Plus ($0.22 vs $0.78 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 23 benchmarks have a result for both.
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B or Qwen-Plus: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B for output tokens 3.5x cheaper ($0.22 vs $0.78 per million) and work measured by LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare or LMArena Text: legal and government, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 23
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B only
- 19
- Qwen-Plus only
- 5
- Like-for-like categories
- 5 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
No call
Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has a AA Intelligence Index result, 8.9.
Directional only
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has a AA Agentic Index result, 1.0.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Qwen-Plus
Qwen-Plus takes 1M tokens against 262K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B $0.0002, Qwen-Plus $0.0006 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B not benchmarked, Qwen-Plus not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Coding, 7.5 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- LMArena Text: coding: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 1378 against Qwen-Plus 1328, 8.4 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B $0.22 against Qwen-Plus $0.78 per million output tokens, 3.5x apart.
- Context window
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B takes 262K tokens, Qwen-Plus 1M.
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 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Bars | Qwen-Plus | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 2 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 3 | 0 | ||
| Math | 2 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 2 | 2 | ||
| General | 7 | 5 | ||
| All shared boards | 16 | 7 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index20
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen-Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Coding Index | 14.4 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 74.1% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| SciCode | 30.6% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 13.6% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1378 | 1328 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1383 | 1343 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| Neither model has a result on the other 33 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen-Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 8.9 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen-Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 1.0 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 40.9% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 39 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen-Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 75.7% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 11.4% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 48.1% | Only Qwen-Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1348 | 1317 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1355 | 1328 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1376 | 1333 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen-Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | 91.0 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 91.0% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 17.8% | Only Qwen-Plus measured |
| MATH level 5 | Not measured | 65.3% | Only Qwen-Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1371 | 1326 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1375 | 1332 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index22
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen-Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 79.4% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1353 | 1352 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1349 | 1350 | Qwen-Plus |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1341 | 1349 | Qwen-Plus |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1346 | 1303 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| 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
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen-Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 9 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index75
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen-Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 71.1% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 38.0% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| DTBench | Not measured | 81.1% | Only Qwen-Plus measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 24.0% | Only Qwen-Plus measured |
| LMArena Text | 1348 | 1326 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1303 | 1303 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1269 | 1292 | Qwen-Plus |
| LMArena Text: English | 1377 | 1339 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1320 | 1310 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1383 | 1347 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: German | 1348 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1268 | 1251 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1269 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1396 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1376 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1304 | 1323 | Qwen-Plus |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1303 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1319 | 1336 | Qwen-Plus |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1300 | 1324 | Qwen-Plus |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1283 | 1296 | Qwen-Plus |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1293 | 1270 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| Neither model has a result on the other 25 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen-Plus | 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 | NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen-Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | NVIDIA | Qwen |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | December 14, 2025 | February 1, 2025 |
| Context window | 262K | 1M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.055 | $0.26 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.22 | $0.78 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B better than Qwen-Plus for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B for output tokens 3.5x cheaper ($0.22 vs $0.78 per million) and work measured by LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare or LMArena Text: legal and government, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B or Qwen-Plus?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs $0.055 per million input tokens and $0.22 per million output tokens; Qwen-Plus costs $0.26 and $0.78. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B or Qwen-Plus?
Qwen-Plus, with 1M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks is the Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B vs Qwen-Plus comparison based on?
23 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Qwen-Plus's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.