NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B vs Qwen3 8B
Wins 6 of 6 areas
Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Facts · Long documents · Following instructions
Wins 0 of 6 areas
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NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is the stronger all-rounder.
Scores updated · 24 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.
- CodingWriting and fixing software30NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B3 of 3 tests
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking20NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B2 of 3 tests · 1 tie
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own10NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B1 of 3 tests · 2 ties
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up21NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B2 of 3 tests
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B1 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked10NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B1 of 1 test
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.
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs 72% 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 NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B pulls ahead
- Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+37.6points ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+16.8points ahead
- Hard command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench Hard+11.3points ahead
Where Qwen3 8B pulls ahead
No clear win on a test scored out of 100.
Every test, side by side
All 24 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
- Terminal-Bench HardNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B by 11.313.62.3+11.3
- Terminal-Bench 2.1NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B by 4.56.72.2+4.5
- SciCodeNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B by 2.730.627.9+2.7
AgentsNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
- τ-Bench V3 · BankingNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B by 1.364.7+1.3
- GDPValtie00tie
- Terminal-Bench 4.0tie00tie
ReasoningNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
- GPQA DiamondNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B by 16.875.758.9+16.8
- Humanity's Last ExamNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B by 7.511.43.9+7.5
- CritPttie0.90tie
FactsNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B by 7.416.79.3+7.4
- Vectara HHEM hallucination ratelower is betterQwen3 8B by 4.89.64.8+4.8
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B by 3.717.313.6+3.7
Long documentsNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
- AA-LCRNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B by 38380+38
Following instructionsNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
- IFBenchNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B by 37.671.133.5+37.6
Other results10 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.
- AIME 2025NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B by 31.999.267.3+31.9
- AA-OmniscienceNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B by 13.1-51.6-64.7+13.1
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B by 13.140.927.8+13.1
- HumanEvalQwen3 8B by 9.87584.8+9.8
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B by 5.414.49+5.4
- vectara_factual_consistencyQwen3 8B by 4.890.495.2+4.8
- MBPPQwen3 8B by 3.273.877+3.2
- vectara_avg_summary_lengthNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B by 20.6 rating points104.283.6+20.6 rating
- AA IntelligenceNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B by 1.68.97.3+1.6
- vectara_answer_ratetie99.699.9tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B or Qwen3 8B?
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B wins all six areas where both have results: coding, agents, reasoning, facts, long documents and following instructions. Qwen3 8B wins none.
Which is better for coding?
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B. It wins 3 of the 3 coding tests both models report; Qwen3 8B wins none.
Which is cheaper?
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; Qwen3 8B costs $0.18 and $0.70. That makes NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B about 72% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 24 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 14 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 10 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.