Aion-2.0 vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

Aion-2.0 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 58 to 45. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Aion-2.0's sharpest advantage is in multimodal & grounded, where it averages 66 against 45.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMMU-Pro, 61 to 38.

Aion-2.0 gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 32K for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B.

Quick Verdict

Pick Aion-2.0 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nemotron 3 Nano 30B only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Agentic

Aion-2.0

Aion-2.0

51.7

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B

39.6

48
Terminal-Bench 2.0
38
60
BrowseComp
43
50
OSWorld-Verified
39

Coding

Aion-2.0

Aion-2.0

33.2

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B

22

66
HumanEval
49
35
SWE-bench Verified
26
29
LiveCodeBench
16
37
SWE-bench Pro
27

Multimodal & Grounded

Aion-2.0

Aion-2.0

66

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B

45.2

61
MMMU-Pro
38
72
OfficeQA Pro
54

Reasoning

Aion-2.0

Aion-2.0

70.3

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B

54

76
SimpleQA
54
74
MuSR
52
76
BBH
72
64
LongBench v2
51
65
MRCRv2
51

Knowledge

Aion-2.0

Aion-2.0

54

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B

43.8

78
MMLU
57
77
GPQA
56
75
SuperGPQA
54
75
OpenBookQA
52
67
MMLU-Pro
65
5
HLE
1
66
FrontierScience
54

Instruction Following

Aion-2.0

Aion-2.0

93

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B

78

93
IFEval
78

Multilingual

Aion-2.0

Aion-2.0

78.1

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B

71.8

80
MGSM
75
77
MMLU-ProX
70

Mathematics

Aion-2.0

Aion-2.0

72.1

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B

63.7

74
AIME 2023
57
76
AIME 2024
59
75
AIME 2025
58
70
HMMT Feb 2023
53
72
HMMT Feb 2024
55
71
HMMT Feb 2025
54
73
BRUMO 2025
56
71
MATH-500
73

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Aion-2.0 or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B?

Aion-2.0 is ahead overall, 58 to 45. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMMU-Pro, where the scores are 61 and 38.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Aion-2.0 or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B?

Aion-2.0 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 54 versus 43.8. Inside this category, OpenBookQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Aion-2.0 or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B?

Aion-2.0 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 33.2 versus 22. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Aion-2.0 or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B?

Aion-2.0 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 72.1 versus 63.7. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Aion-2.0 or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B?

Aion-2.0 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 70.3 versus 54. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Aion-2.0 or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B?

Aion-2.0 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 51.7 versus 39.6. Inside this category, BrowseComp is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Aion-2.0 or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B?

Aion-2.0 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 66 versus 45.2. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Aion-2.0 or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B?

Aion-2.0 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 93 versus 78. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Aion-2.0 or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B?

Aion-2.0 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 78.1 versus 71.8. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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