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Gemma 4 26B A4B vs NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

Google · released

Wins 6 of 6 areas

Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Facts · Long documents · Following instructions

NVIDIA · released

Wins 0 of 6 areas

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Gemma 4 26B A4B is the stronger all-rounder.NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is cheaper.

Scores updated · 36 tests both models report · How we compare

Where each one wins

Tests won in each of the six areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.

Long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.

What it costs

Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.

Gemma 4 26B A4B$0.13 to read · $0.40 to write$0.53Price from Artificial Analysis
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B$0.05 to read · $0.20 to write$0.25Price from Artificial Analysis

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs 53% less for the same work.

The biggest differences

The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.

Where Gemma 4 26B A4B pulls ahead

  • Command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench 2.1+32.3points aheadGemma 4 26B A4B39NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B6.7
  • Reasons across sets of long documentsAA-LCR+27.7points aheadGemma 4 26B A4B65.7NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B38
  • Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+9.4points aheadGemma 4 26B A4B40NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B30.6

Where NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B pulls ahead

  • Fixes real GitHub issues in Python projectsSWE-bench Verified+21.4points aheadNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B38.8Gemma 4 26B A4B17.4
  • Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+3.1points aheadNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B16.7Gemma 4 26B A4B13.6

Every test, side by side

All 36 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.

CodingGemma 4 26B A4B

Full coding ranking

AgentsGemma 4 26B A4B

Full agents ranking

ReasoningGemma 4 26B A4B

Full reasoning ranking

FactsGemma 4 26B A4B

Full facts ranking

Long documentsGemma 4 26B A4B
  • AA-LCRGemma 4 26B A4B by 27.765.738+27.7

Full long documents ranking

Following instructionsGemma 4 26B A4B
  • IFBenchGemma 4 26B A4B by 1.372.471.1+1.3

Full following instructions ranking

Other results21 tests, not counted

Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.

Questions people ask

Which is better, Gemma 4 26B A4B or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?

Gemma 4 26B A4B wins all six areas where both have results: coding, agents, reasoning, facts, long documents and following instructions. NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B wins none, but costs 53% less.

Which is better for coding?

Gemma 4 26B A4B. It wins 3 of the 5 coding tests both models report; NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B wins 1, and 1 is a tie.

Which is cheaper?

Gemma 4 26B A4B costs $0.13 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs $0.05 and $0.20. That makes NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B about 53% cheaper for the same work.

How do you compare the two?

We use the 36 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 15 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 21 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.

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