Head-to-head comparison across 4benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
MAI-Thinking-1
65
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
49
Verified leaderboard positions: MAI-Thinking-1 #23 · Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B unranked
Pick MAI-Thinking-1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.
Coding
+17.5 difference
Knowledge
+5.6 difference
Math
+14.9 difference
Inst. Following
+10.8 difference
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Pick MAI-Thinking-1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.
MAI-Thinking-1 is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 65 to 49. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
MAI-Thinking-1's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 71 against 53.5. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LiveCodeBench, 87.7% to 63.2%. Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.
MAI-Thinking-1 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 65 to 49. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 87.7% and 63.2%.
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 75.5 versus 69.9. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
MAI-Thinking-1 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 71 versus 53.5. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
MAI-Thinking-1 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 97 versus 82.1. Inside this category, AIME 2025 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
MAI-Thinking-1 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 85 versus 74.2. Inside this category, IFBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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