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Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B vs Inkling Small

Inkling Small leads Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 25.7 to 8.9, and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs 5.5x less per output token ($0.22 vs $1.20 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 35 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B Replace Inkling Small
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNVIDIA
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$0.22
0
T Inkling SmallThinking Machines
Coding
27.3
Overall
43.6
Output $/M
$1.20
35
vs boards won of 35 shared

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B or Inkling Small: which to pick

Only Inkling Small has a coding score, 27.3 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 5.5x cheaper ($0.22 vs $1.20 per million).

Model ANemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNVIDIANot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BInkling SmallThinking Machines27.3/1004 independent benchmarks$0.16 per solved task
Shared results
35
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B only
7
Inkling Small only
50
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, Inkling Small 27.3 from 4 benchmarks.
Widest category
Agentic work, 22.5 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
Widest single gap
AA Coding Index: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 14.4 against Inkling Small 52.9, 38.5 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B $0.22 against Inkling Small $1.20 per million output tokens, 5.5x apart.
Context window
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B takes 262K tokens, Inkling Small 524K.

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 A3BBarsInkling SmallTies
Coding04
Intelligence01
Agentic work01
Reasoning05
Math02
Knowledge04
General018
All shared boards035
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index04
Coding benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B and Inkling Small
BenchmarkNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BInkling SmallLeader
LMArena WebDevNot measured1409Only Inkling Small measured
AA Coding Index14.452.9Inkling Small
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured85.9%Only Inkling Small measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured82.2%Only Inkling Small measured
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)Not measured0.0%Only Inkling Small measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)Not measured19.1%Only Inkling Small measured
Code migration (Vals AI)Not measured13.7%Only Inkling Small measured
ProgramBench (Vals AI)Not measured0.5%Only Inkling Small measured
IOI (Vals AI)Not measured9.3%Only Inkling Small measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)Not measured55.1%Only Inkling Small measured
SkillsBench (Vals AI)Not measured33.6%Only Inkling Small measured
CyberBench (Vals AI)Not measured64.1%Only Inkling Small measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)74.1%Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured
SciCode30.6%49.7%Inkling Small
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)13.6%Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured
LMArena Text: coding13781450Inkling Small
LMArena Text: software and IT13831447Inkling Small
LMArena WebDev: ReactNot measured1399Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena WebDev: HTMLNot measured1398Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena WebDev: from an imageNot measured1410Only Inkling Small measured
Neither model has a result on the other 23 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Intelligence benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B and Inkling Small
BenchmarkNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BInkling SmallLeader
AA Intelligence Index8.925.7Inkling Small
Epoch Capabilities IndexNot measured150.3Only Inkling Small measured
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Agentic work benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B and Inkling Small
BenchmarkNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BInkling SmallLeader
AA Agentic Index1.023.5Inkling Small
Finance Agent (Vals AI)Not measured41.3%Only Inkling Small measured
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)Not measured15.4%Only Inkling Small measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)Not measured25.5%Only Inkling Small measured
Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured2.9%Only Inkling Small measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured31.8%Only Inkling Small measured
τ²-Bench Telecom40.9%Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured
MCP AtlasNot measured79.2%Only Inkling Small measured
Neither model has a result on the other 34 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
Reasoning benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B and Inkling Small
BenchmarkNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BInkling SmallLeader
GPQA DiamondNot measured83.6%Only Inkling Small measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)75.7%89.5%Inkling Small
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)11.4%33.3%Inkling Small
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)Not measured88.5%Only Inkling Small measured
ARC-AGINot measured84.0%Only Inkling Small measured
ARC-AGI-2Not measured40.1%Only Inkling Small measured
Mystery game puzzlesNot measured6.0%Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts13481423Inkling Small
LMArena Text: expert13551441Inkling Small
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English13761429Inkling Small
LMArena Vision: diagramsNot measured1251Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: homeworkNot measured1257Only Inkling Small measured
Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Math benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B and Inkling Small
BenchmarkNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BInkling SmallLeader
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 measured90.0%Only Inkling Small measured
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3Not measured46.3%Only Inkling Small measured
FrontierMath, tier 4Not measured17.1%Only Inkling Small measured
ProofBenchNot measured6.0%Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: math13711459Inkling Small
LMArena Text: mathematical work13751441Inkling Small
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Knowledge benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B and Inkling Small
BenchmarkNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BInkling SmallLeader
MMLU ProNot measured85.6%Only Inkling Small measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured83.0%Only Inkling Small measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured69.6%Only Inkling Small measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured75.5%Only Inkling Small measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured62.3%Only Inkling Small measured
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured37.9%Only Inkling Small measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)79.4%Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured
SimpleQA VerifiedNot measured19.1%Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: science13531428Inkling Small
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13491413Inkling Small
LMArena Text: legal and government13411415Inkling Small
LMArena Text: business and finance13461413Inkling Small
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here
Web designNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B and Inkling Small
BenchmarkNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BInkling SmallLeader
Neither model has a result on 9 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index018
General benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B and Inkling Small
BenchmarkNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BInkling SmallLeader
Vals IndexNot measured27.6%Only Inkling Small measured
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)Not measured59.4%Only Inkling Small measured
SAGE (Vals AI)Not measured32.7%Only Inkling Small measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)Not measured84.1%Only Inkling Small measured
Vals Multimodal IndexNot measured50.0%Only Inkling Small measured
IFBench71.1%Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)38.0%75.7%Inkling Small
LMArena Text13481413Inkling Small
LMArena Text: instruction following13031399Inkling Small
LMArena Text: creative writing12691334Inkling Small
LMArena VisionNot measured1237Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: English13771421Inkling Small
LMArena Text: non-English13201401Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Chinese13831464Inkling Small
LMArena Text: German13481408Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Japanese12681401Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Korean12691367Inkling Small
LMArena Text: French13961435Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Spanish13761422Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Russian13041394Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Polish13031428Inkling Small
LMArena Text: multi-turn13191416Inkling Small
LMArena Text: longer queries13001402Inkling Small
LMArena Text: writing and language12831357Inkling Small
LMArena Text: entertainment and media12931352Inkling Small
LMArena Vision: EnglishNot measured1243Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: ChineseNot measured1292Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: reading textNot measured1243Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: humorNot measured1207Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: creative writingNot measured1205Only Inkling Small measured
Neither model has a result on the other 18 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 Inkling Small
BenchmarkNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BInkling SmallLeader
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
Inkling Small$0.0010Fits 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
Inkling Small$0.026Fits 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
Inkling Small$0.102Fits 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 Inkling Small
SpecificationNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BThinking Machines Inkling Small
MakerNVIDIAThinking Machines
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedDecember 14, 2025July 30, 2026
Context window262K524K
Input $/Mtok$0.055$0.45
Output $/Mtok$0.22$1.20
Coding indexNot benchmarked27.3
Independent measurements behind it04
Cost per solved taskNot computable$0.16
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

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

Only Inkling Small has a coding score, 27.3 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 5.5x cheaper ($0.22 vs $1.20 per million).

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

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs $0.055 per million input tokens and $0.22 per million output tokens; Inkling Small costs $0.45 and $1.20. Cost per solved task is known for Inkling Small only.

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

Inkling Small, with 524K tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks is the Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B vs Inkling Small 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 Inkling Small's on 4. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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