Head-to-head comparison across 3benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
48
Qwen3.5-27B
61
Verified leaderboard positions: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B unranked · Qwen3.5-27B #22
Pick Qwen3.5-27B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.
Coding
+9.5 difference
Knowledge
+5.1 difference
Inst. Following
+20.8 difference
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
Qwen3.5-27B
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256K
262K
Pick Qwen3.5-27B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.
Qwen3.5-27B is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 61 to 48. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Qwen3.5-27B's sharpest advantage is in instruction following, where it averages 95 against 74.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is GPQA, 72.2% to 85.5%.
Qwen3.5-27B gives you the larger context window at 262K, compared with 256K for Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B.
Qwen3.5-27B is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 61 to 48. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 72.2% and 85.5%.
Qwen3.5-27B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 80.6 versus 75.5. Inside this category, AA-GPQA Diamond is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Qwen3.5-27B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 63 versus 53.5. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench Hard is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Qwen3.5-27B has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 95 versus 74.2. Inside this category, AA-IFBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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