Model comparison
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B vs Step 1o Turbo 202506
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B and Step 1o Turbo 202506 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (40.6 vs 39.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIA
StepFunSummary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B scores higher in 5 categories and Step 1o Turbo 202506 in 3 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Step 1o Turbo 202506 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | StepFun |
| Noometry Index | 40.6 | 39.7 |
| Released | 2025-12-15 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 262K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.05 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.20 | — |
| 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), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 39.2 (#160)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Step 1o Turbo 202506 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1378 | 1339 |
Reasoning Too close to call
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 27.1 (#124), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 26.8 (#129)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Step 1o Turbo 202506 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1348 | 1335 |
Math Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 37.8 (#147), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 36.6 (#164)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Step 1o Turbo 202506 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1371 | 1318 |
Knowledge Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 38.2 (#148), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 36.1 (#176)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Step 1o Turbo 202506 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1355 | 1308 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.6% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: —, Step 1o Turbo 202506: 36.1 (#80)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Step 1o Turbo 202506 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1186 |
Multilingual Too close to call
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 45.8 (#162), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 45.3 (#173)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Step 1o Turbo 202506 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1320 | 1313 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1382 | 1380 |
| LMArena German | 1348 | 1314 |
| LMArena Russian | 1303 | 1327 |
| LMArena French | 1396 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1268 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1269 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1376 | — |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 68.8 (#180), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 69.2 (#176)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Step 1o Turbo 202506 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1304 | 1310 |
Long Context Step 1o Turbo 202506 leads
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 39.5 (#175), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 41.0 (#146)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Step 1o Turbo 202506 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1300 | 1348 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 52.3 (#174), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 53.1 (#160)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Step 1o Turbo 202506 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1348 | 1336 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1269 | 1307 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1319 | 1340 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B better than Step 1o Turbo 202506?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B and Step 1o Turbo 202506 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (40.6 vs 39.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B or Step 1o Turbo 202506 better for coding?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.5 versus 39.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B and Step 1o Turbo 202506 share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has 18 scored results on Noometry and Step 1o Turbo 202506 has 14.