Model comparison
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B vs Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
Head-to-head evidence from 16 shared benchmark results across 5 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.
Verified leaderboard positions: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B unranked; Qwen3.6-35B-A3B #31
BenchAlign evidence: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B estimated; Qwen3.6-35B-A3B estimated. Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.
Evidence parity. Nemotron 3 Nano 30B and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B share 16 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 0 results are unique to Nemotron 3 Nano 30B; 42 to Qwen3.6-35B-A3B.
Updated July 15, 2026- Shared results
- 16
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B only
- 0
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B only
- 42
- Comparable categories
- 0 / 8
Benchmark data for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B 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.
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B has the larger context window at 262K, 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 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B | Δ | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic | Nemotron 3 Nano 30BNot measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B51.5 |
| Coding | Nemotron 3 Nano 30BNot measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B73.8 |
| Knowledge | Nemotron 3 Nano 30BNot measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B51.8 |
| Math | Nemotron 3 Nano 30BNot measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B88.2 |
| Multimodal | Nemotron 3 Nano 30BNot measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B76.3 |
Operational comparison
Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.
| Metric | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokens | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B$0 input / $0 output | Qwen3.6-35B-A3BNot available | A complete price comparison is not available. |
| Generation speedtokens per second | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B152 tok/s | Qwen3.6-35B-A3BNot available | A complete speed comparison is not available. |
| First-answer latencyseconds to first token | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B1.90 s | Qwen3.6-35B-A3BNot available | A complete latency comparison is not available. |
| Context windowmaximum listed tokens | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B32K | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B262K | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B lists the larger context window. |
Benchmark Deep Dive
Agentic15 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| τ²-bench resultsSource | 40.9% | 95.3% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| GDPval-AASource | 0.0% | 27.4% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| GDPval-AASource | 484 | 1049 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| AA Agentic IndexSource | 2.0% | 21.4% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0Source | — | 51.5% | Not comparable |
| Claw-EvalSource | — | 68.7% | Not comparable |
| QwenClawBenchSource | — | 52.6% | Not comparable |
| QwenWebBenchSource | — | 1397 | Not comparable |
| τ³-bench resultsSource | — | 67.2% | Not comparable |
| VITA-BenchSource | — | 35.6% | Not comparable |
| DeepPlanningSource | — | 25.9% | Not comparable |
| ToolathlonSource | — | 26.9% | Not comparable |
| MCP AtlasSource | — | 62.8% | Not comparable |
| WideResearchSource | — | 60.1% | Not comparable |
| Gert LabsSource | — | 42.65% | Not comparable |
Coding9 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench HardSource | 13.6% | 34.8% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| AA-SciCodeSource | 29.6% | 35.8% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| AA Coding IndexSource | 14.4% | 41.9% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| SWE-bench VerifiedSource | — | 73.4% | Not comparable |
| SWE MultilingualSource | — | 67.2% | Not comparable |
| SWE-bench ProSource | — | 49.5% | Not comparable |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0Source | — | 51.5% | Not comparable |
| LiveCodeBenchSource | — | 80.4% | Not comparable |
| NL2RepoSource | — | 29.4% | Not comparable |
Reasoning2 benchmarks
Knowledge11 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource | 14.2% | 31.6% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| AA-GPQA DiamondSource | 75.7% | 84.1% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| AA-HLESource | 10.2% | 20.2% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| AA-Omniscience IndexSource | -51.6% | -21.4% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| AA-Omniscience AccuracySource | 17.1% | 18.9% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource | 82.9% | 49.7% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| MMLU-ProSource | — | 85.2% | Not comparable |
| SuperGPQASource | — | 64.7% | Not comparable |
| C-EvalSource | — | 90% | Not comparable |
| GPQASource | — | 86% | Not comparable |
| HLESource | — | 21.4% | Not comparable |
Math5 benchmarks
Multimodal15 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMMUSource | — | 81.7% | Not comparable |
| MMMU-ProSource | — | 75.3% | Not comparable |
| RealWorldQASource | — | 85.3% | Not comparable |
| OmniDocBench 1.5Source | — | 89.9% | Not comparable |
| CharXivSource | — | 78% | Not comparable |
| SimpleVQASource | — | 58.9% | Not comparable |
| CC-OCRSource | — | 81.9% | Not comparable |
| AI2D_TESTSource | — | 92.7% | Not comparable |
| RefCOCO (avg)Source | — | 92.0% | Not comparable |
| ODINW13Source | — | 50.8% | Not comparable |
| Video-MME (with subtitle)Source | — | 86.6% | Not comparable |
| Video-MME (w/o subtitle)Source | — | 82.5% | Not comparable |
| VideoMMMUSource | — | 83.7% | Not comparable |
| MLVU (M-Avg)Source | — | 86.2% | Not comparable |
| AA-MMMU-ProSource | — | 75.0% | Not comparable |
Inst. Following1 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA-IFBenchSource | 71.1% | 64.4% | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B leads |
Frequently Asked Questions (3)
Can I compare Nemotron 3 Nano 30B and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B 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 Nemotron 3 Nano 30B and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B today?
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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