# Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct vs Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct and Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/kanana-2-1-3b-instruct-vs-nemotron-3-nano-omni-30b-a3b
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct and Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B has the larger published context window at 256K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Kakao | NVIDIA |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 32K | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 40.6 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 3 | 16 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 44.3 (Estimated · #90/152)

| Benchmark | Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OSWorld | Coming soon | 47.4% | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | Coming soon | 45.3% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 40.2 (Estimated · #116/151)

| Benchmark | Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v5 | Coming soon | 63.2% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 32% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 39.3 (#42/48)

| Benchmark | Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct | 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: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 48.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 38.7 (Supported · #143/183)

| Benchmark | Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 77.3% | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 72.2% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 72.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 75.9 (#59/123)

| Benchmark | Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 34.7% | 74.2% | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B |
| IFEval | 77.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MATH-500 | 61.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 82.1% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct and Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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