Model comparison

GPT-5.5 Pro vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

GPT-5.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 64.3 to 40.6 on the Noometry Index. Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs 771× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.5 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

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GPT-5.5 Pro OpenAI

64.3

Rank #8 Confirmed

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B NVIDIA

40.6

Rank #147 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.5 Pro leads 84.0 to 37.8.
  • Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $30 / $180 for GPT-5.5 Pro.
  • GPT-5.5 Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
  • Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 Pro and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B specifications
GPT-5.5 ProNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
ProviderOpenAINVIDIA
Noometry Index64.340.6
Released2026-04-232025-12-15
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output128K262K
Input $ / M tokens$30$0.05
Output $ / M tokens$180$0.20
Results tracked1418

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 40.5 (#138)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
LMArena Coding—1378

Reasoning GPT-5.5 Pro leads

GPT-5.5 Pro: 73.3 (#10), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 27.1 (#124)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
SimpleBench76.9%—
ARC-AGI-196.5%—
CritPt30.6%—
Chess Puzzles64%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1348
DTBench96%—
LMCA53.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index162.07—

Math GPT-5.5 Pro leads

GPT-5.5 Pro: 84.0 (#10), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 37.8 (#147)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)87.7%—
FrontierMath Tier 478%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
LMArena Math—1371
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)52.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)39.6%—

Knowledge GPT-5.5 Pro leads

GPT-5.5 Pro: 64.1 (#19), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 38.2 (#148)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
GPQA Diamond93.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—9.6%
LMArena Expert—1355

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 45.8 (#162)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
LMArena Non-English—1320
LMArena Chinese—1382
LMArena French—1396
LMArena German—1348
LMArena Japanese—1268
LMArena Korean—1269
LMArena Russian—1303
LMArena Spanish—1376

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 68.8 (#180)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
LMArena Instruction Following—1304

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 39.5 (#175)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
LMArena Longer Query—1300

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 52.3 (#174)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
LMArena Text—1348
LMArena Creative Writing—1269
LMArena Multi-Turn—1319

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 Pro better than Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?

GPT-5.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 64.3 to 40.6 on the Noometry Index. Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs 771× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.5 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.5 Pro or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; GPT-5.5 Pro lists at $30 and $180.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.5 Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.5 Pro and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has 18.

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