Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B vs Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Qwen3.5 397B A17B leads Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 21.4 to 8.9, and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs 10.6x less per output token ($0.22 vs $2.34 per million). Updated October 23, 2026; 36 benchmarks have a result for both.
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B or Qwen3.5 397B A17B: 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 10.6x cheaper ($0.22 vs $2.34 per million) and work measured by SciCode or Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 36
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B only
- 6
- Qwen3.5 397B A17B only
- 30
- 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
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Qwen3.5 397B A17B leads, 21.4 against 8.9.
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
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B has a Design Arena: websites result, 1190.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
No call
Both take 262K tokens.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B $0.0002, Qwen3.5 397B A17B $0.0016 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B not benchmarked, Qwen3.5 397B A17B not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 54.7 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- τ²-Bench Telecom: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 40.9% against Qwen3.5 397B A17B 95.6%, 54.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B $0.22 against Qwen3.5 397B A17B $2.34 per million output tokens, 10.6x 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.
| Category | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Bars | Qwen3.5 397B A17B | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 4 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 5 | ||
| Math | 0 | 2 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 4 | ||
| General | 0 | 19 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 36 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index04
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3.5 397B A17B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1400 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| 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% | 44.8% | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 13.6% | 40.9% | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 621.9 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1378 | 1465 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1382 | 1463 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1388 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1409 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 33 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3.5 397B A17B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 8.9 | 21.4 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 146.8 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3.5 397B A17B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 1.0 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 40.9% | 95.6% | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| APEX-Agents | Not measured | 24.9% | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 39 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3.5 397B A17B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 75.7% | 89.3% | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 11.4% | 29.0% | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 86.4% | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 18.0% | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1348 | 1448 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1356 | 1462 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1376 | 1450 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1277 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1292 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3.5 397B A17B | 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 | 88.9% | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 31.2% | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1371 | 1454 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1375 | 1454 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| MathArena | Not measured | 19.2% | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3.5 397B A17B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 79.4% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1353 | 1457 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1349 | 1455 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1341 | 1441 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1345 | 1435 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3.5 397B A17B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1190 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1161 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1140 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1175 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1162 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1179 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1139 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index019
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3.5 397B A17B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 71.1% | 78.8% | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 38.0% | 77.3% | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| DTBench | Not measured | 87.5% | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 37.9% | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| LMArena Text | 1348 | 1438 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1304 | 1423 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1270 | 1402 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1262 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1378 | 1443 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1320 | 1430 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1383 | 1499 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| LMArena Text: German | 1348 | 1444 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1269 | 1430 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1269 | 1385 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| LMArena Text: French | 1396 | 1462 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1376 | 1441 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1304 | 1430 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1302 | 1448 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1319 | 1447 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1300 | 1441 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1284 | 1416 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1294 | 1399 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1268 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1314 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1271 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | Not measured | 1262 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | Not measured | 1230 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | Not measured | 1265 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1260 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 19 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3.5 397B A17B | 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 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | NVIDIA | Qwen |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | December 14, 2025 | February 16, 2026 |
| Context window | 262K | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.055 | $0.39 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.22 | $2.34 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B better than Qwen3.5 397B A17B 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 10.6x cheaper ($0.22 vs $2.34 per million) and work measured by SciCode or Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B or Qwen3.5 397B A17B?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs $0.055 per million input tokens and $0.22 per million output tokens; Qwen3.5 397B A17B costs $0.39 and $2.34. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B or Qwen3.5 397B A17B?
Neither: both take 262K tokens.
How many benchmarks is the Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B vs Qwen3.5 397B A17B comparison based on?
36 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 Qwen3.5 397B A17B's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.