# Claude Opus 4.8 vs Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Opus 4.8 and Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-opus-4-8-vs-nemotron-3-nano-omni-30b-a3b
- Last updated: October 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Claude Opus 4.8 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Claude Opus 4.8 has the higher overall point estimate 69.12 to 32.15. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 91.2 for Claude Opus 4.8 and 43.8 for Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is ScreenSpot Pro in Multimodal & Grounded, with scores of 87.9% and 57.8%.
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Claude Opus 4.8 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Opus 4.8 | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | NVIDIA |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Overall Score | 69.12 | 32.15 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 40 | 16 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $5.00 / $25.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.8 public-lane score: 61.6 (Supported · #20/123)
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 21.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 74.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 84.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 93.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 83.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Finance Agent v2 | 53.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 82.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 59.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 72.97% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 21.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 20.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 71.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld | Coming soon | 47.4% | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | Coming soon | 45.3% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.8 public-lane score: 60.8 (Supported · #19/146)
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 16.1 (Estimated · #130/146)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 88.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 69.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 84.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multimodal | 38.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 74.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | 58.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 3.2 | 62.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 46.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 87.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 88.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrainBench v1.1 | 32.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v5 | Coming soon | 63.2% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 32% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.8 public-lane score: 62.9 (#24/28)
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 53.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 72.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 1.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 92.50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.8 public-lane score: 91.2 (#5/54)
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 43.8 (#50/54)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | 66.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 87.9% | 57.8% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| CharXiv | 89.9% | 76.3% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 80.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU | Coming soon | 70.8% | Coming soon |
| MMLongBench-Doc | Coming soon | 57.5% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (w/o subtitle) | Coming soon | 72.2% | Coming soon |
| AI2D_TEST | Coming soon | 88.5% | Coming soon |
| RefCOCO (avg) | Coming soon | 90.5% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Claude Opus 4.8
- Claude Opus 4.8 public-lane score: 70.7 (Supported · #14/177)
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 32.6 (Supported · #135/177)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 93.6% | 72.2% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| GPQA-D | 93.6% | 72.2% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| HLE | 57.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 49.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 77.3% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.8 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| INCLUDE | 87.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.8 public-lane score: 75.4 (#61/127)
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 75.4 (#62/127)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 74.2% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.8 public-lane score: 65.7 (#2/7)
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| USAMO 2026 | 96.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 47.241% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 31.250% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 82.1% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4.8 or Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B?

Claude Opus 4.8 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Opus 4.8 and Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 91.2 for Claude Opus 4.8 and 43.8 for Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Opus 4.8 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Opus 4.8 currently has 40 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B cover on BenchLM?

Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B currently has 16 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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