Model comparison

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B vs Trinity Large Thinking

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.6 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B NVIDIA

40.6

Rank #147 Confirmed

Trinity Large Thinking Arcee AI

38.6

Rank #185 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B scores higher in 3 categories and Trinity Large Thinking in 5 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads 27.1 to 16.9.
  • Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.25 / $0.80 for Trinity Large Thinking.

Side by side

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B and Trinity Large Thinking specifications
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BTrinity Large Thinking
ProviderNVIDIAArcee AI
Noometry Index40.638.6
Released2025-12-152026-04-01
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K262K
Max output262K80K
Input $ / M tokens$0.05$0.25
Output $ / M tokens$0.20$0.80
Results tracked1824

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Category by category

Coding Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 40.5 (#138), Trinity Large Thinking: 34.1 (#244)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Coding13781381
LMArena WebDev—1238
SciCode—36.1%

Reasoning Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 27.1 (#124), Trinity Large Thinking: 16.9 (#298)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Hard Prompts13481350
NYT Connections (extended)—16.5%
CritPt—0.9%
Thematic Generalization—41.6%
Surface Evolver Bench—15.6%

Math Too close to call

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 37.8 (#147), Trinity Large Thinking: 37.6 (#149)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Math13711366

Knowledge Trinity Large Thinking leads

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 38.2 (#148), Trinity Large Thinking: 40.9 (#113)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BTrinity Large Thinking
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.6%6.9%
LMArena Expert13551360

Multilingual Too close to call

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 45.8 (#162), Trinity Large Thinking: 46.2 (#160)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Non-English13201325
LMArena Chinese13821373
LMArena French13961374
LMArena German13481356
LMArena Japanese12681311
LMArena Korean12691306
LMArena Russian13031337
LMArena Spanish13761357

Instruction Following Trinity Large Thinking leads

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 68.8 (#180), Trinity Large Thinking: 70.5 (#162)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Instruction Following13041334

Long Context Trinity Large Thinking leads

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 39.5 (#175), Trinity Large Thinking: 41.3 (#144)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Longer Query13001355

Writing & Preference Trinity Large Thinking leads

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 52.3 (#174), Trinity Large Thinking: 53.8 (#158)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Text13481340
LMArena Creative Writing12691320
LMArena Multi-Turn13191342

Frequently asked questions

Is Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B better than Trinity Large Thinking?

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.6 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B or Trinity Large Thinking?

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; Trinity Large Thinking lists at $0.25 and $0.80.

Is Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B or Trinity Large Thinking better for coding?

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.5 versus 34.1 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 Trinity Large Thinking share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has 18 scored results on Noometry and Trinity Large Thinking has 24.

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