Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B vs Qwen3 32B
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads Qwen3 32B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 8.9 to 7.3, and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs 1.8x less per output token ($0.22 vs $0.40 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 35 benchmarks have a result for both.
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B or Qwen3 32B: 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 1.8x cheaper ($0.22 vs $0.40 per million) and a larger context window (262K against 131K tokens).
- Shared results
- 35
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B only
- 7
- Qwen3 32B only
- 10
- 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
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads, 8.9 against 7.3.
Same board, both measured
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
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B takes 262K tokens against 131K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B $0.0002, Qwen3 32B $0.0003 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B not benchmarked, Qwen3 32B not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Math, 12.0 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Long context reasoning (AA-LCR): Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 38.0% against Qwen3 32B 0.0%, 38.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B $0.22 against Qwen3 32B $0.40 per million output tokens, 1.8x apart.
- Context window
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B takes 262K tokens, Qwen3 32B 131K.
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 | Qwen3 32B | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 4 | 1 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 4 | 1 | ||
| Math | 2 | 2 | ||
| Knowledge | 2 | 3 | ||
| General | 8 | 6 | ||
| All shared boards | 22 | 13 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index41
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3 32B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider polyglot | Not measured | 40.0% | Only Qwen3 32B measured |
| AA Coding Index | 14.4 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 74.1% | 54.6% | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| SciCode | 30.6% | 36.0% | Qwen3 32B |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 13.6% | 3.0% | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1378 | 1357 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1383 | 1366 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| Neither model has a result on the other 36 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3 32B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 8.9 | 7.3 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 138.4 | Only Qwen3 32B measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3 32B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 1.0 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 40.9% | 29.8% | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) | Not measured | 48.7% | Only Qwen3 32B measured |
| BrowseComp-Plus | Not measured | 10.7% | Only Qwen3 32B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 38 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index41
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3 32B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 75.7% | 66.8% | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 11.4% | 7.4% | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 65.7% | Only Qwen3 32B measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1348 | 1334 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1355 | 1362 | Qwen3 32B |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1376 | 1350 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | Not measured | 48.7% | Only Qwen3 32B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index22
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3 32B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | 91.0 | 73.0 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 91.0% | 73.0% | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 66.9% | Only Qwen3 32B measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1371 | 1399 | Qwen3 32B |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1375 | 1420 | Qwen3 32B |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index23
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3 32B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 79.4% | 79.8% | Qwen3 32B |
| LMArena Text: science | 1353 | 1372 | Qwen3 32B |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1349 | 1368 | Qwen3 32B |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1341 | 1324 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1346 | 1318 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
Web designNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3 32B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 9 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index86
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3 32B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 71.1% | 36.3% | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 38.0% | 0.0% | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| DTBench | Not measured | 67.5% | Only Qwen3 32B measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 17.3% | Only Qwen3 32B measured |
| Fiction.LiveBench | Not measured | 74.2% | Only Qwen3 32B measured |
| LMArena Text | 1348 | 1340 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1303 | 1305 | Qwen3 32B |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1269 | 1297 | Qwen3 32B |
| LMArena Text: English | 1377 | 1359 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1320 | 1317 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1383 | 1357 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: German | 1348 | 1341 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1268 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| 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 | 1311 | Qwen3 32B |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1303 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1319 | 1331 | Qwen3 32B |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1300 | 1327 | Qwen3 32B |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1283 | 1298 | Qwen3 32B |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1293 | 1279 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| Neither model has a result on the other 26 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3 32B | 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 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | NVIDIA | Qwen |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | December 14, 2025 | April 28, 2025 |
| Context window | 262K | 131K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.055 | $0.14 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.22 | $0.40 |
| 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 Qwen3 32B 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 1.8x cheaper ($0.22 vs $0.40 per million) and a larger context window (262K against 131K tokens).
Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B or Qwen3 32B?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs $0.055 per million input tokens and $0.22 per million output tokens; Qwen3 32B costs $0.14 and $0.40. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B or Qwen3 32B?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B, with 262K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks is the Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B vs Qwen3 32B comparison based on?
35 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 Qwen3 32B's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.