Model comparison
Claude Opus 4.8 vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B
Head-to-head evidence from 16 shared benchmark results across 5 categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Verified leaderboard positions: Claude Opus 4.8 #3; Nemotron 3 Nano 30B unranked
Evidence parity. Claude Opus 4.8 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B share 16 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 37 results are unique to Claude Opus 4.8; 0 to Nemotron 3 Nano 30B.
Updated July 12, 2026- Shared results
- 16
- Claude Opus 4.8 only
- 37
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B only
- 0
- Comparable categories
- 0 / 8
Benchmark data for Claude Opus 4.8 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B is coming soon on BenchLM.
Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 16 shared benchmark results across 5 evidence categories; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.
Why this result
BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.
Claude Opus 4.8 is priced at $5.00 input / $25.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B. Claude Opus 4.8 has the larger context window at 1M, compared with 32K for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B.
Category breakdown
Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.
| Category | Claude Opus 4.8 | Δ | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic | Claude Opus 4.880.3 | MarginNo overlap | Nemotron 3 Nano 30BNot measured |
| Coding | Claude Opus 4.876.4 | MarginNo overlap | Nemotron 3 Nano 30BNot measured |
| Knowledge | Claude Opus 4.862.7 | MarginNo overlap | Nemotron 3 Nano 30BNot measured |
| Math | Claude Opus 4.853.9 | MarginNo overlap | Nemotron 3 Nano 30BNot measured |
| Multimodal | Claude Opus 4.877.0 | MarginNo overlap | Nemotron 3 Nano 30BNot measured |
Operational comparison
Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.
| Metric | Claude Opus 4.8 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokens | Claude Opus 4.8$5 input / $25 output | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B$0 input / $0 output | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B has the lower combined listed price. |
| Generation speedtokens per second | Claude Opus 4.8Not available | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B152 tok/s | A complete speed comparison is not available. |
| First-answer latencyseconds to first token | Claude Opus 4.8Not available | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B1.90 s | A complete latency comparison is not available. |
| Context windowmaximum listed tokens | Claude Opus 4.81M | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B32K | Claude Opus 4.8 lists the larger context window. |
Benchmark Deep Dive
Agentic19 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0Source | 74.6% | — | Not comparable |
| BrowseCompSource | 84.3% | — | Not comparable |
| DeepSearchQASource | 93.1% | — | Not comparable |
| OSWorld-VerifiedSource | 83.4% | — | Not comparable |
| Finance Agent v2Source | 53.9% | — | Not comparable |
| GDPval-AASource | 1600 | 478 | Claude Opus 4.8 leads |
| MCP AtlasSource | 82.2% | — | Not comparable |
| ToolathlonSource | 59.9% | — | Not comparable |
| Gert LabsSource | 72.97% | — | Not comparable |
| AA Agentic IndexSource | 47.2% | 2.0% | Claude Opus 4.8 leads |
| Tau2-TelecomSource | 94.4% | 40.9% | Claude Opus 4.8 leads |
| GDPval-AASource | 55.0% | 0.0% | Claude Opus 4.8 leads |
| ResearchClawBenchSource | 21.1% | — | Not comparable |
| OSWorld 2.0Source | 20.6% | — | Not comparable |
| AA BriefcaseSource | 1354 | — | Not comparable |
| AA AutomationBenchSource | 48.5% | — | Not comparable |
| AA EnterpriseOps-GymSource | 44.0% | — | Not comparable |
| AA Harvey LABSource | 7.5% | — | Not comparable |
| AA Tau3 BankingSource | 27.6% | — | Not comparable |
Coding12 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench VerifiedSource | 88.6% | — | Not comparable |
| SWE-bench ProSource | 69.2% | — | Not comparable |
| SWE MultilingualSource | 84.4% | — | Not comparable |
| SWE MultimodalSource | 38.4% | — | Not comparable |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0Source | 74.6% | — | Not comparable |
| cursorBench31Source | 58.4% | — | Not comparable |
| cursorBench32Source | 62.3% | — | Not comparable |
| AA Coding IndexSource | 74.3% | 14.4% | Claude Opus 4.8 leads |
| Terminal-Bench HardSource | 58.3% | 13.6% | Claude Opus 4.8 leads |
| AA-SciCodeSource | 53.5% | 29.6% | Claude Opus 4.8 leads |
| FrontierCodeSource | 46.5% | — | Not comparable |
| AA Terminal-Bench 2.1Source | 84.6% | — | Not comparable |
Reasoning2 benchmarks
Knowledge10 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQASource | 93.6% | — | Not comparable |
| GPQA-DSource | 93.6% | — | Not comparable |
| HLESource | 57.9% | — | Not comparable |
| HLE w/o toolsSource | 49.8% | — | Not comparable |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource | 55.7% | 14.2% | Claude Opus 4.8 leads |
| AA-GPQA DiamondSource | 92.0% | 75.7% | Claude Opus 4.8 leads |
| AA-HLESource | 45.7% | 10.2% | Claude Opus 4.8 leads |
| AA-Omniscience IndexSource | 27.4% | -51.6% | Claude Opus 4.8 leads |
| AA-Omniscience AccuracySource | 46.6% | 17.1% | Claude Opus 4.8 leads |
| AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource | 35.9% | 82.9% | Claude Opus 4.8 leads |
Math3 benchmarks
Multilingual1 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| INCLUDESource | 87.6% | — | Not comparable |
Multimodal5 benchmarks
Inst. Following1 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA-IFBenchSource | 62.2% | 71.1% | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B leads |
Frequently Asked Questions (3)
Can I compare Claude Opus 4.8 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B on BenchLM yet?
Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.
Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?
BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.
What data is available for Claude Opus 4.8 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B today?
Claude Opus 4.8: $5.00 input / $25.00 output per 1M tokens Nemotron 3 Nano 30B: $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.
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