# Granite 4.2 3B vs Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Granite 4.2 3B and Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/granite-4-2-3b-vs-nemotron-3-nano-omni-30b-a3b
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Granite 4.2 3B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Granite 4.2 3B leads overall 43 to 40.6.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 37.7 for Granite 4.2 3B and 48.3 for Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is GPQA in Knowledge, with scores of 54.8% and 72.2%.
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B also has the larger context window at 256K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Granite 4.2 3B | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | IBM | NVIDIA |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 256K |
| Overall Score | null | 40.6 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 9 | 16 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 3B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 44.3 (Estimated · #90/152)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3B | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| τ³-bench results | 45.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | 52.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld | Coming soon | 47.4% | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | Coming soon | 45.3% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 3B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 40.2 (Estimated · #116/151)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3B | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 69.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | 24.1% | 32% | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B |
| LiveCodeBench v5 | Coming soon | 63.2% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 3B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 39.3 (#42/48)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3B | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | Coming soon | 70.8% | Coming soon |
| MMLongBench-Doc | Coming soon | 57.5% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 76.3% | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 57.8% | 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 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 3B public-lane score: 37.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 48.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 3B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 38.7 (Supported · #143/183)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3B | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 54.8% | 72.2% | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B |
| MMLU-Pro | 67.8% | 77.3% | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 72.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 3B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 75.9 (#59/123)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3B | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 74.3% | 74.2% | Granite 4.2 3B |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 3B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3B | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 78.3% | 82.1% | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | 66.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Granite 4.2 3B or Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B?

Granite 4.2 3B is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Granite 4.2 3B and Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 37.7 for Granite 4.2 3B and 48.3 for Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B.

### How many benchmarks does Granite 4.2 3B cover on BenchLM?

Granite 4.2 3B currently has 9 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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