Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B leads Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 11.9 to 8.9, and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs 6.8x less per output token ($0.22 vs $1.50 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 39 benchmarks have a result for both.
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B: 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 6.8x cheaper ($0.22 vs $1.50 per million) and work measured by Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) or LMArena Text: coding, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 39
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B only
- 3
- Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B only
- 14
- 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 Coder 480B A35B
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B leads, 11.9 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 Coder 480B A35B has a Design Arena: websites result, 1159.
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 Coder 480B A35B $0.0010 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B not benchmarked, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Math, 26.4 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- AA Math Index: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 91.0 against Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B 39.3, 51.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B $0.22 against Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B $1.50 per million output tokens, 6.8x 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 Coder 480B A35B | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 1 | 3 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 3 | 2 | ||
| Math | 4 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 4 | 1 | ||
| General | 5 | 14 | ||
| All shared boards | 17 | 22 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index13
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | Not measured | 69.6% | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1275 | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| AA Coding Index | 14.4 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 74.1% | 58.5% | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| SciCode | 30.6% | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 13.6% | 18.9% | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B |
| Terminal-Bench | Not measured | 27.2% | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| GSO-Bench | Not measured | 4.9% | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 41.2% | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 461.4 | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1378 | 1412 | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1383 | 1393 | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1257 | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1287 | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 25 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 8.9 | 11.9 | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 1.0 | Not measured | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 40.9% | 43.6% | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B |
| Neither model has a result on the other 39 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index32
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 75.7% | 61.8% | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 11.4% | 4.5% | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1348 | 1372 | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1355 | 1338 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1376 | 1380 | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | Not measured | 49.5% | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | 91.0 | 39.3 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 91.0% | 39.3% | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: math | 1371 | 1365 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1375 | 1367 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index41
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 79.4% | 78.8% | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: science | 1353 | 1347 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1349 | 1347 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1341 | 1358 | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1346 | 1343 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1159 | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1113 | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1099 | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1084 | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1143 | Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index514
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 71.1% | 40.5% | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 38.0% | 45.7% | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B |
| LMArena Text | 1348 | 1357 | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1303 | 1355 | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1269 | 1333 | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B |
| LMArena Text: English | 1377 | 1359 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1320 | 1346 | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1383 | 1357 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: German | 1348 | 1325 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1268 | 1311 | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1269 | 1305 | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B |
| LMArena Text: French | 1396 | 1398 | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1376 | 1360 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1304 | 1366 | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1303 | 1344 | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1319 | 1366 | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1300 | 1378 | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1283 | 1340 | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1293 | 1317 | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B |
| 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
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B | 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 Coder 480B A35B |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | NVIDIA | Qwen |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | December 14, 2025 | July 23, 2025 |
| Context window | 262K | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.055 | $0.30 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.22 | $1.50 |
| 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 Coder 480B A35B 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 6.8x cheaper ($0.22 vs $1.50 per million) and work measured by Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) or LMArena Text: coding, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs $0.055 per million input tokens and $0.22 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B costs $0.30 and $1.50. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?
Neither: both take 262K tokens.
How many benchmarks is the Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B comparison based on?
39 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.