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Llama 4 Scout vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 15 shared benchmark results across 5 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

39.87/100
Margin
13.1pts
winning →
52.94/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Llama 4 Scout #174 (Supported); Nemotron 3 Nano 30B #98 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Llama 4 Scout and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B share 15 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 3 results are unique to Llama 4 Scout; 0 to Nemotron 3 Nano 30B.

Updated July 22, 2026
Shared results
15
Llama 4 Scout only
3
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B only
0
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Llama 4 Scout and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 15 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.

Llama 4 Scout has the larger context window at 10M, 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.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricLlama 4 ScoutNemotron 3 Nano 30BComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensLlama 4 Scout$0 input / $0 outputNemotron 3 Nano 30B$0 input / $0 outputListed prices are equal.
Generation speedtokens per secondLlama 4 Scout128 tok/sNemotron 3 Nano 30B152 tok/sNemotron 3 Nano 30B has the higher measured throughput.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenLlama 4 Scout0.70 sNemotron 3 Nano 30B1.90 sLlama 4 Scout reaches the first token sooner.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensLlama 4 Scout10MNemotron 3 Nano 30B32KLlama 4 Scout lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkLlama 4 ScoutNemotron 3 Nano 30BResult
AA Agentic IndexSource 1.1%2.0%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B leads
τ²-bench resultsSource 15.5%40.9%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B leads
GDPval-AASource 0.0%0.0%Tie
GDPval-AASource 90484Nemotron 3 Nano 30B leads
Coding
BenchmarkLlama 4 ScoutNemotron 3 Nano 30BResult
AA Coding IndexSource 8.2%14.4%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B leads
AA-SciCodeSource 17.0%29.6%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B leads
Reasoning
BenchmarkLlama 4 ScoutNemotron 3 Nano 30BResult
AA-LCRSource 25.8%33.7%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B leads
CritPtSource 0.0%0.9%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B leads
Knowledge
BenchmarkLlama 4 ScoutNemotron 3 Nano 30BResult
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 10.0%14.2%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 58.7%75.7%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B leads
AA-HLESource 4.3%10.2%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -52.4%-51.6%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 14.6%17.1%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 78.3%82.9%Llama 4 Scout leads
Math
BenchmarkLlama 4 ScoutNemotron 3 Nano 30BResult
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 0.000%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkLlama 4 ScoutNemotron 3 Nano 30BResult
AA-MMMU-ProSource 52.9%Not comparable
Design Arena WebsiteSource 780Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkLlama 4 ScoutNemotron 3 Nano 30BResult
AA-IFBenchSource 39.5%71.1%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B leads
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Llama 4 Scout 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 Llama 4 Scout and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B today?

Llama 4 Scout: $0.00 input / $0.00 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.

Self-host vs API cost

Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.

Llama 4 Scout
API / mo$0
Self-host / mo$2,278
Break-even
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B
API / mo$0
Self-host / moNot listed
Break-even
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Model the full break-even

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Last updated: July 22, 2026

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