# MAI-Thinking-1 vs Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MAI-Thinking-1 and Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/mai-thinking-1-vs-nemotron-3-nano-omni-30b-a3b
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick MAI-Thinking-1 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

- MAI-Thinking-1 leads overall 52.27 to 43.97.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 94.7 for MAI-Thinking-1 and 75.9 for Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is AIME 2025 in Mathematics, with scores of 97% and 82.1%.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MAI-Thinking-1 | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Microsoft | NVIDIA |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 256K |
| Overall Score | 52.27 | 43.97 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 16 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 51.7 (Estimated · #53/151)
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 47 (Estimated · #83/151)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 46% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld | Coming soon | 47.4% | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | Coming soon | 45.3% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 51.8 (Estimated · #60/183)
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 42.6 (Estimated · #129/183)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 87.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 73.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 52.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 46.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v5 | Coming soon | 63.2% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 32% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 39.3 (#42/48)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | 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
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 50.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Graphwalks BFS 128K | 90% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 53.3 (Estimated · #68/181)
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 39.9 (Supported · #140/181)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 84.2% | 72.2% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| GPQA-D | 84.2% | 72.2% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| MMLU-Pro | 85% | 77.3% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| SimpleQA | 31% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: MAI-Thinking-1
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 94.7 (#1/120)
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 75.9 (#57/120)

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 85% | 74.2% | MAI-Thinking-1 |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 73.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MAI-Thinking-1 | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 97% | 82.1% | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| AIME26 | 94.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 84.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, MAI-Thinking-1 or Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B?

MAI-Thinking-1 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between MAI-Thinking-1 and Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 94.7 for MAI-Thinking-1 and 75.9 for Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B.

### How many benchmarks does MAI-Thinking-1 cover on BenchLM?

MAI-Thinking-1 currently has 14 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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