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Model comparison

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B vs Phi-4 Mini

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B NVIDIA

39.9

Rank #144 Confirmed

Phi-4 Mini Microsoft

30.4

Rank #280 Reported

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B scores higher in 3 categories and Phi-4 Mini in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads 37.6 to 24.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Vectara Hallucination Rate: 9.6% for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B and 23.5% for Phi-4 Mini.
  • Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.075 / $0.30 for Phi-4 Mini.
  • Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.

Side by side

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BPhi-4 Mini
ProviderNVIDIAMicrosoft
Noometry Index39.930.4
Released2025-12-152024-12-11
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K128K
Max output262K4K
Input $ / M tokens$0.05$0.075
Output $ / M tokens$0.20$0.30
Results tracked183

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Category by category

Coding Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 39.9 (#139), Phi-4 Mini: 27.6 (#312)

BenchmarkNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BPhi-4 Mini
SciCode—10.8%
LMArena Coding1378—

Reasoning Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 26.0 (#123), Phi-4 Mini: 21.7 (#190)

BenchmarkNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BPhi-4 Mini
CritPt—0%
LMArena Hard Prompts1348—

Math Not comparable

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 35.0 (#147), Phi-4 Mini: —

BenchmarkNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BPhi-4 Mini
LMArena Math1369—

Knowledge Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 37.6 (#145), Phi-4 Mini: 24.8 (#261)

BenchmarkNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BPhi-4 Mini
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.6%23.5%
LMArena Expert1354—

Multilingual Not comparable

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 46.0 (#158), Phi-4 Mini: —

BenchmarkNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BPhi-4 Mini
LMArena Non-English1320—
LMArena Chinese1382—
LMArena French1396—
LMArena German1349—
LMArena Japanese1270—
LMArena Korean1269—
LMArena Russian1303—
LMArena Spanish1377—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 69.0 (#175), Phi-4 Mini: —

BenchmarkNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BPhi-4 Mini
LMArena Instruction Following1303—

Long Context Not comparable

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 39.5 (#170), Phi-4 Mini: —

BenchmarkNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BPhi-4 Mini
LMArena Longer Query1300—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 52.5 (#169), Phi-4 Mini: —

BenchmarkNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BPhi-4 Mini
LMArena Text1348—
LMArena Creative Writing1269—
LMArena Multi-Turn1319—

Frequently asked questions

Is Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B better than Phi-4 Mini?

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B or Phi-4 Mini?

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; Phi-4 Mini lists at $0.075 and $0.30.

Is Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B or Phi-4 Mini better for coding?

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.9 versus 27.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B does, with 262K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B and Phi-4 Mini share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has 18 scored results on Noometry and Phi-4 Mini has 3.

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