Knowledge
Like-for-like- Granite 4.2 8B
- 72.2
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
- 76.3
- Weighted basis
- 2 vs 2 rows
- Reading
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B leads
Granite 4.2 8B vs Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
Updated August 31, 2026. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty. They are not guarantees for a specific workload.
NVIDIA
45.02/100
Estimated · Public rank #174
90% interval 33.5–56.5
Decision reading
Granite 4.2 8B has the higher public score estimate, 46.88 versus 45.02, but the 90% score intervals overlap. Treat that as a lead, not a settled winner.
5 results are shared. Category rows based on different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.
Which one for your work
Recommendations appear only when a shared evidence basis or an explicit operating constraint supports the call. Secondary and unsupported use cases stay disclosed below the initial list.
Long documents
Prompts that approach the documented context limit
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B has the larger documented context window.
Confidence: documented
Show secondary and unsupported calls
Coding work
Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks
Not enough matched evidence
The category averages use different weighted benchmark sets, so they are directional rather than like-for-like.
Confidence: limited
Agentic work
Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion
Not enough matched evidence
No shared weighted benchmark basis supports a winner.
Confidence: limited
Chat turn cost
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Confidence: listed-rates
Cache-heavy agent loop cost
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
The page does not recommend a cost winner because at least one model cannot fit the stated workload in one request. Granite 4.2 8B does not fit this workload in one request. Granite 4.2 8B has no comparable published API token rate. Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B has no comparable published API token rate.
Confidence: listed-rates
Repository review cost
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Confidence: listed-rates
What is actually comparable
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.
9 Granite 4.2 8B only
5 Shared
11 Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B only
- Shared results
- 5
- Granite 4.2 8B only
- 9
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B only
- 11
- Like-for-like categories
- 2 / 8
1 category uses different evidence sets. Those rows remain visible for coverage context but do not name a winner.
Category results, on a stated basis
Each row states whether both averages use the same weighted benchmark set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner in this template.
Instruction following
Like-for-like- Granite 4.2 8B
- 79.3
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
- 74.2
- Weighted basis
- 1 vs 1 rows
- Reading
- Granite 4.2 8B leads
Coding
Directional only- Granite 4.2 8B
- 36.5
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
- 32.0
- Weighted basis
- 3 vs 1 rows
- Reading
- Directional only
Agentic
Not comparable- Granite 4.2 8B
- Not measured
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Reasoning
Not comparable- Granite 4.2 8B
- Not measured
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Math
Not comparable- Granite 4.2 8B
- Not measured
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Multilingual
Not comparable- Granite 4.2 8B
- Not measured
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Multimodal
Not comparable- Granite 4.2 8B
- Not measured
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
- 76.3
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 1 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
| Category | Granite 4.2 8B | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Weighted basis | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge | 72.2 | 76.3 | Like-for-like2 vs 2 rows | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B leads |
| Instruction following | 79.3 | 74.2 | Like-for-like1 vs 1 rows | Granite 4.2 8B leads |
| Coding | 36.5 | 32.0 | Directional only3 vs 1 rows | Directional only |
| Agentic | Not measured | Not measured | Not comparable0 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Reasoning | Not measured | Not measured | Not comparable0 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Math | Not measured | Not measured | Not comparable0 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Multilingual | Not measured | Not measured | Not comparable0 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Multimodal | Not measured | 76.3 | Not comparable0 vs 1 rows | Not comparable |
Shape of the matched evidence
Only shared public evidence is shown. Sparse evidence stays a ruled list rather than being closed into a radar shape.
Too few matched category axes support a radar. The ruled list below shows only shared benchmark results; positions use each benchmark’s normalized display scale when available.
GPQA
Knowledge
Granite 4.2 8B: 64.1%Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B: 72.2%Normalized gap 8.1Granite 4.2 8B source Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B sourceIFBench
Instruction following
Granite 4.2 8B: 79.3%Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B: 74.2%Normalized gap 5.1Granite 4.2 8B source Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B sourceSciCode
Coding
Granite 4.2 8B: 36.1%Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B: 32%Normalized gap 4.1Granite 4.2 8B source Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B sourceMMLU-Pro
Knowledge
Granite 4.2 8B: 74.0%Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B: 77.3%Normalized gap 3.3Granite 4.2 8B source Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B source
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes turn per-token rates into comparable decisions. Each scenario states context fit and whether cached input had to fall back to the published list-input rate.
Chat turn
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
- Granite 4.2 8B
- Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
- Fits in one request
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
- Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
- Fits in one request
Granite 4.2 8B has no comparable published API token rate. Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B has no comparable published API token rate.
Repository review
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
- Granite 4.2 8B
- Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
- Fits in one request
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
- Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
- Fits in one request
Granite 4.2 8B has no comparable published API token rate. Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B has no comparable published API token rate.
Cache-heavy agent loop
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
- Granite 4.2 8B
- Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
- Does not fit in one request
- Cached-input rate unavailable
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
- Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
- Fits in one request
- Cached-input rate unavailable
Granite 4.2 8B does not fit this workload in one request. Granite 4.2 8B has no comparable published API token rate. Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B has no comparable published API token rate.
Specification differences
Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.
SpecificationGranite 4.2 8BNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
Context window
Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.
Granite 4.2 8B
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
256K
API model ID
Granite 4.2 8B
ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b
IBM Granite 4.2 8B model cardNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
Not sourced
Cached-input rate
A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.
Granite 4.2 8B
No comparable hosted API rate
IBM Granite 4.2 8B model cardNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
No comparable hosted API rate
Documented inputs
Granite 4.2 8B
Not sourced
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
Not sourced
Documented outputs
Granite 4.2 8B
Not sourced
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
Not sourced
Provider availability
Granite 4.2 8B
Not sourced
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
Not sourced
Reasoning profile
Granite 4.2 8B
Reasoning
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
Reasoning
Weight access
Granite 4.2 8B
Open Weight
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
Open Weight
License
Granite 4.2 8B
Open Weight
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
Open Weight
Release date
Granite 4.2 8B
2026-08-25
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
2026-04-28
If you already use one of these models
- Deployment change
- The models list different providers, so authentication, endpoint behavior, limits, and feature support may change.
- Quality signal
- Granite 4.2 8B has the higher public score estimate, 46.88 versus 45.02, but the 90% score intervals overlap.
- Workload cost
- A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
- Context tradeoff
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B has the larger documented window (256K).
Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.
Benchmark evidence
The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.
Browse raw public benchmark evidence25 rows
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.1
Granite 4.2 8B20.6%SourceNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B—Not directly comparable
τ³-bench results
Granite 4.2 8B58.1%SourceNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B—Not directly comparable
BFCL v4
Granite 4.2 8B52.4%SourceNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B—Not directly comparable
OSWorld
Granite 4.2 8B—Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B47.4%SourceNot directly comparable
τ²-bench results
Granite 4.2 8B—Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B45.3%SourceNot directly comparable
Coding
SWE-bench Verified
Granite 4.2 8B47.7%SourceNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B—Not directly comparable
SWE-bench Pro
Granite 4.2 8B19.1%SourceNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B—Not directly comparable
SWE Multilingual
Granite 4.2 8B30.8%SourceNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B—Not directly comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.1
Granite 4.2 8B20.6%SourceNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B—Not directly comparable
LiveCodeBench v6
Granite 4.2 8B73.2%SourceNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B—Not directly comparable
SciCode
Granite 4.2 8B36.1%SourceNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B32%SourceGranite 4.2 8B leads this result
LiveCodeBench v5
Granite 4.2 8B—Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B63.2%SourceNot directly comparable
Knowledge
GPQA
Granite 4.2 8B64.1%SourceNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B72.2%SourceNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B leads this result
MMLU-Pro
Granite 4.2 8B74.0%SourceNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B77.3%SourceNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B leads this result
GPQA-D
Granite 4.2 8B—Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B72.2%SourceNot directly comparable
Math
Multimodal
MMMU
Granite 4.2 8B—Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B70.8%SourceNot directly comparable
MMLongBench-Doc
Granite 4.2 8B—Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B57.5%SourceNot directly comparable
CharXiv
Granite 4.2 8B—Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B76.3%SourceNot directly comparable
ScreenSpot Pro
Granite 4.2 8B—Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B57.8%SourceNot directly comparable
Video-MME (w/o subtitle)
Granite 4.2 8B—Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B72.2%SourceNot directly comparable
AI2D_TEST
Granite 4.2 8B—Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B88.5%SourceNot directly comparable
RefCOCO (avg)
Granite 4.2 8B—Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B90.5%SourceNot directly comparable
Instruction following
Frequently asked questions
Which is better, Granite 4.2 8B or Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B?
Granite 4.2 8B has the higher public score estimate, 46.88 versus 45.02, but the 90% score intervals overlap. The higher estimate is not a decisive winner because the uncertainty ranges overlap.
Which is better for coding, Granite 4.2 8B or Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B?
The current coding averages use different weighted benchmark sets, so BenchLM does not name a winner from them. Read the shared benchmark rows directly and test the models on the same task set.
Which is better for agentic tasks, Granite 4.2 8B or Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B?
The published evidence does not provide a shared weighted agentic tasks basis for both models, so BenchLM does not name a agentic tasks winner.
Which costs less, Granite 4.2 8B or Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B?
Both models do not have comparable published API token rates, so this page does not name a universal price winner.
Which has the larger context window, Granite 4.2 8B or Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B?
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B has the larger documented context window: 256K, compared with 128K.
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