Nemotron 3 Nano 30B vs o1

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

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B finishes one point ahead overall, 52 to 51. That is enough to call, but not enough to treat as a blowout. This matchup comes down to a few meaningful edges rather than one model dominating the board.

o1 is the reasoning model in the pair, while Nemotron 3 Nano 30B is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. o1 gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 32K for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B.

Quick Verdict

Pick Nemotron 3 Nano 30B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. o1 only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you need the larger 200K context window.

Knowledge

o1

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B

47.5

o1

83.8

57
MMLU
91.8
56
GPQA
75.7
54
SuperGPQA
-
52
OpenBookQA
-
65
MMLU-Pro
-
1
HLE
-

Coding

o1

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B

30.3

o1

41

49
HumanEval
-
26
SWE-bench Verified
41
16
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

o1

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B

58.1

o1

74.3

57
AIME 2023
-
59
AIME 2024
74.3
58
AIME 2025
-
53
HMMT Feb 2023
-
55
HMMT Feb 2024
-
54
HMMT Feb 2025
-
56
BRUMO 2025
-
73
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B
54
SimpleQA
-
52
MuSR
-
72
BBH
-

Instruction Following

o1

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B

78

o1

92.2

78
IFEval
92.2

Multilingual

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B
75
MGSM
-

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B or o1?

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B is ahead overall, 52 to 51. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 57 and 91.8.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B or o1?

o1 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 83.8 versus 47.5. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B or o1?

o1 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 41 versus 30.3. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B or o1?

o1 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 74.3 versus 58.1. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B or o1?

o1 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 92.2 versus 78. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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