# Kimi K2.5 vs Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Kimi K2.5 and Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/kimi-k2-5-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 Kimi K2.5 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

- Kimi K2.5 leads overall 54.01 to 40.6.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 65.7 for Kimi K2.5 and 39.3 for Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SciCode in Coding, with scores of 48.7% and 32%.
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Kimi K2.5 | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Moonshot AI | NVIDIA |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 256K |
| Overall Score | 54.01 | 40.6 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 45 | 16 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.60 / $3.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 46.4 (Estimated · #77/152)
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 44.3 (Estimated · #90/152)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 50.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 60.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 52.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | 54.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 65.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 77.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | 14.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 27.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 29.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP-Tasks | 59.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 72.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 45.88% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 14.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 8.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld | Coming soon | 47.4% | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | Coming soon | 45.3% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 50.6 (Estimated · #55/151)
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 40.2 (Estimated · #116/151)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 76.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified* | 70.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 85.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 50.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 73% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 58.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 77.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | 48.7% | 32% | Kimi K2.5 |
| LiveCodeBench v5 | Coming soon | 63.2% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 65.7 (#24/48)
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 39.3 (#42/48)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 78.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Video-MME | 87.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMVU | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | 86.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 54.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 48.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 61% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 52 (Estimated · #69/183)
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 38.7 (Supported · #143/183)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 87.6% | 72.2% | Kimi K2.5 |
| GPQA-D | 87.6% | 72.2% | Kimi K2.5 |
| SuperGPQA | 69.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 87.1% | 77.3% | Kimi K2.5 |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | 87.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 30.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 85.8 (#41/123)
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 75.9 (#59/123)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 93.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 74.2% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 38.2 (#8/12)
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | 82.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | 56.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 62.4 (#5/7)
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 96.1% | 82.1% | Kimi K2.5 |
| AIME26 | 95.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME25 (Arcee) | 96.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | 95.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | 91.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 87.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | 81.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 27.900% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 4.200% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Kimi K2.5 or Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B?

Kimi K2.5 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Kimi K2.5 and Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 65.7 for Kimi K2.5 and 39.3 for Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B.

### How many benchmarks does Kimi K2.5 cover on BenchLM?

Kimi K2.5 currently has 45 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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