Model comparison
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B vs Qwen3.6 35B-A3B
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.6 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIA
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads 51.3 to 38.2.
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.25 / $1.49 for Qwen3.6 35B-A3B.
Side by side
| Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 40.6 | 37.6 |
| Released | 2025-12-15 | 2026-04-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 262K |
| Max output | 262K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.05 | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.20 | $1.49 |
| Results tracked | 18 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 40.5 (#138), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 37.2 (#196)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 35.8% |
| WeirdML | — | 34.5% |
| LMArena Coding | 1378 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: —, Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 22.1 (#134)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 23% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 27.1 (#124), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 28.0 (#109)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 41.6% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 26% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1348 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 22% |
| DTBench | — | 73.9% |
| LMCA | — | 29.7% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 44.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 143.93 |
Math Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 37.8 (#147), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 38.9 (#121)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 20.4% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| LMArena Math | 1371 | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 38.2 (#148), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 51.3 (#68)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 84.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.6% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1355 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 45.8 (#162), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3.6 35B-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
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 68.8 (#180), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1304 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 39.5 (#175), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1300 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 52.3 (#174), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1348 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1269 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1319 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B better than Qwen3.6 35B-A3B?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.6 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B or Qwen3.6 35B-A3B?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 35B-A3B lists at $0.25 and $1.49.
Is Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B or Qwen3.6 35B-A3B better for coding?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.5 versus 37.2 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Both accept 262K tokens.
How many benchmarks do Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has 18 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has 14.