NVIDIAOpen weights: nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-30B-A3B-BF16Reasoning modelCompare with another modelNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is a NVIDIA open-weights reasoning model, released 15 Dec 2025. Its best configuration (thinking reasoning effort) ranks #487 of 785 on the BenchLeader Index at 46.5 ±8.1, in the lower half. The ± is the point: 467 other configurations score within that range, so they and this one cannot be told apart on quality alone — price and speed are what separate them. It scores highest in instruction following (70) and lowest in agents & tools (38). At $0.088 per million tokens blended it is among the cheapest fifth of ranked models. Output speed of 235 tokens per second puts it in the fastest quarter, with a first answer in 9.4 s. It has been measured at 3 reasoning-effort settings; this summary describes the best-scoring one, and the tabs above switch between them. Last measured 15 Dec 2025.stale: no new result in six months
- Blended price
- $0.088/M
- $0.050 in · $0.200 out
- Output speed
- 235 tok/s
- measured by Artificial Analysis
- First answer
- 9.45 s
- first token 0.45 s
- Context
- 262k
- Full answer
- 12 s
- median, reasoning included
- Cost per run
- $0.017
- one full Intelligence Index run
- Released
- 15 Dec 2025
- Overall index47
- Reasoning42
- Agents & tools38
- Knowledge38
- Instruction following70
- Long context43
- Composite39
Reasoning-effort configurations
The same model behaves differently depending on how much it is allowed to think. Each row is one setting, scored only on the benchmarks that were run at that setting. “Not stated” collects results from publishers that did not say which setting they used; for a reasoning model that is usually its thinking mode, but we do not assume it. Pick a setting here or at the top of the page to see its price, speed and category scores.
| Effort | Index | Rank | Speed | First answer | Chat reply cost | Categories |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| no reasoning | 41.3 | #635 | 268 tok/s | 0.81 s | $0.0001 | Agents & tools 44 · Composite 37 · Instruction following 41 · Knowledge 30 · Long context 29 · Reasoning 41 |
| thinkingbest | 46.5 | #487 | 235 tok/s | 9.45 s | $0.0001 | Agents & tools 38 · Composite 39 · Instruction following 70 · Knowledge 38 · Long context 43 · Reasoning 42 |
| not stated | – | – | 162 tok/s | 0.45 s | $0.0001 | Coding 48 · Human preference 47 · Maths 52 · Reasoning 47 |
How its index has moved
9 Sept 2026 to 23 Oct 2026- thinking
- no reasoning
The index is recomputed from scratch every day, so a line moves when a new benchmark result lands, when a publisher revises a score, or when the models it is normalised against change. Early movement usually means the score is still settling.
Benchmark results
See all LLM benchmarks. One column per reasoning effort. Rank is among every configuration of every model on that benchmark. Hover a score for the run it came from.
Metadata
| Benchmark | no reasoning | thinking | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA Openness Indexnot in index | 83.3#12 | 83.3#12 | Artificial Analysis |
Reasoning
| Benchmark | no reasoning | thinking | not stated | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arena Hard Promptseffort not stated | – | – | 1326#239 | Arena (LMArena) | |
| GPQA Diamond (AA)not in index | 39.9%#481 | 75.7%#246 | – | Artificial Analysis | |
| Humanity's Last Exam (AA)not in index | 4.6%#489 | 11.4%#294 | – | Artificial Analysis | |
| CritPt | 0.0%#315 | 0.9%#237 | – | Artificial Analysis |
Coding
| Benchmark | thinking | not stated | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arena Codingeffort not stated | – | 1361#230 | Arena (LMArena) | |
| SciCode (AA)not in index | 30.6%#211 | – | Artificial Analysis | |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 (AA)not in index | 0.0%#152 | – | Artificial Analysis | |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (AA)not in index | 6.7%#199 | – | Artificial Analysis |
Agents & tools
| Benchmark | no reasoning | thinking | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench Hard | 12.1%#210 | 13.6%#201 | Artificial Analysis | |
| τ²-Bench Telecom (AA)not in index | 25.4%#291 | 40.9%#221 | Artificial Analysis | |
| GDPval-AA v2.1not in index | 0.0%#124 | 0.0%#124 | Artificial Analysis | |
| τ³-Banking (AA) | – | 6.0%#171 | Artificial Analysis | |
| AutomationBenchnot in index | – | 1.0%#195 | Artificial Analysis | |
| GDP.pdf (AA)not in index | – | 1.0%#204 | Artificial Analysis | |
| AA-Briefcase v1.1not in index | – | 77#58 | Artificial Analysis |
Maths
| Benchmark | not stated | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arena Maths | 1348#201 | Arena (LMArena) |
Knowledge
| Benchmark | no reasoning | thinking | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA-Omniscience | -69.3#512 | -51.6#403 | Artificial Analysis | |
| AA-Omniscience: accuracynot in index | 11.4%#481 | 17.3%#368 | Artificial Analysis | |
| AA-Omniscience: non-hallucinationnot in index | 9.0%#442 | 16.7%#324 | Artificial Analysis | |
| Global-MMLU-Lite (AA)not in index | 61.2%#11 | – | Artificial Analysis |
Instruction following
| Benchmark | no reasoning | thinking | not stated | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 37.5%#292 | 71.1%#61 | – | Artificial Analysis | |
| Arena Instruction Followingnot in indexeffort not stated | – | – | 1291#247 | Arena (LMArena) |
Human preference
| Benchmark | not stated | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arena Text | 1314#244 | Arena (LMArena) | |
| Arena Creative Writingnot in index | 1242#270 | Arena (LMArena) | |
| Arena Multi-turnnot in index | 1290#250 | Arena (LMArena) | |
| Arena Longer Queriesnot in index | 1285#268 | Arena (LMArena) |
Long context
| Benchmark | no reasoning | thinking | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA-LCR | 10.7%#466 | 38.0%#365 | Artificial Analysis |
Composite
| Benchmark | no reasoning | thinking | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index v4.3.2 | 6.8#505 | 8.9#423 | Artificial Analysis |
Where to run it
Every provider serving this model through OpenRouter, with throughput and first-token latency measured on live traffic over the last 30 minutes and each provider’s own price. Purple marks the best in each column.
| Provider | Speed | First token | Input $/M | Output $/M | Context | Quantisation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NovitaAI | 239 tok/s | 0.23 s | $0.050 | $0.200 | 262k | fp4 |
| Nebius Token Factory | 220 tok/s | 0.34 s | $0.060 | $0.240 | 262k | fp8 |
Price history
The price above, per 1M tokens, every day it changed.
What a task costs
Estimates from list price, output speed and time to first answer for the best configuration. “With caching” assumes three-quarters of the input is served from the prompt cache at $0.025 per 1M. Reasoning tokens are not modelled.
| Workload | Tokens in / out | Cost | With caching | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat reply | 400 / 300 | $0.0001 | $0.0001 | 10.7 s |
| Summarize a 30-page report | 12,000 / 600 | $0.0007 | $0.0005 | 12.0 s |
| Code edit | 6,000 / 1,500 | $0.0006 | $0.0005 | 15.8 s |
| Agentic coding session | 60,000 / 4,000 | $0.0038 | $0.0027 | 26.5 s |
| Structured extraction | 2,000 / 200 | $0.0001 | $0.0001 | 10.3 s |
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See also
Questions people ask
- What are Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B's benchmark scores?
- As of 24 Oct 2026, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (thinking effort) scores 46.5 ±8.1 on the BenchLeader Index, strongest in instruction following (70) and weakest in agents & tools (38). That rests on 7 independent benchmark results, and every score on this page links to its publisher.
- How does Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B rank?
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (thinking effort) is #487 of 785 ranked configurations on 24 Oct 2026. 467 other configurations score within its margin, so the exact position matters less than the band. The leader is Claude Opus 5.5 (max effort) at 72.6.
- How much does Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B cost per 1M tokens?
- As of 24 Oct 2026, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs $0.050 per 1M input tokens and $0.200 per 1M output tokens, $0.088 blended (three input tokens per output token). The list price last changed on 22 Sept 2026.
- When was Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B released?
- NVIDIA released Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B on 15 Dec 2025. BenchLeader has results for it at 3 reasoning-effort settings.
Data as of 24 Oct 2026. Compare these configurations.
Cite as: BenchLeader, “Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: benchmarks, pricing, speed and rank”, data as of 24 Oct 2026, https://www.benchleader.com/models/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b.