# Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B vs Ternary Bonsai 2 27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B and Ternary Bonsai 2 27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/nemotron-3-nano-omni-30b-a3b-vs-ternary-bonsai-2-27b
- Last updated: September 18, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick Ternary Bonsai 2 27B 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

- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B leads overall 50.78 to 40.89.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 48.3 for Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B and 73.9 for Ternary Bonsai 2 27B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is τ²-bench results in Agentic, with scores of 45.3% and 80.2%.
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | NVIDIA | Prism ML |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 40.89 | 50.78 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 16 | 21 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 44.7 (Estimated · #91/154)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 49.9 (Estimated · #59/154)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OSWorld | 47.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | 45.3% | 80.2% | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B |
| BFCL v3 | Coming soon | 74.9% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 52.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 40.6 (Estimated · #118/154)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 49.9 (Estimated · #64/154)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v5 | 63.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | 32% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 90.1% | Coming soon |
| BigCodeBench | Coming soon | 58.1% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 60.8% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 52.8% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 39.3 (#42/48)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | 70.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLongBench-Doc | 57.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 76.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 57.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (w/o subtitle) | 72.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AI2D_TEST | 88.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| RefCOCO (avg) | 90.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv (overall) | Coming soon | 80.0% | Coming soon |
| A-OKVQA | Coming soon | 86.8% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.6 | Coming soon | 89.1% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 80.1% | Coming soon |
| OCRBench V2 | Coming soon | 56.9% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 48.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 73.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 38.8 (Supported · #146/184)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 50.6 (Estimated · #78/184)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 77.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 72.2% | 85.8% | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B |
| GPQA-D | 72.2% | 85.8% | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 89.1% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 72.4 (#62/124)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 71 (#64/124)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 74.2% | 74% | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 91.3% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 76.8 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 82.1% | 95% | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B |
| GSM8K | Coming soon | 96.7% | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 98.8% | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 95.8% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B or Ternary Bonsai 2 27B?

Ternary Bonsai 2 27B is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B and Ternary Bonsai 2 27B?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 48.3 for Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B and 73.9 for Ternary Bonsai 2 27B.

### 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.

### How many benchmarks does Ternary Bonsai 2 27B cover on BenchLM?

Ternary Bonsai 2 27B currently has 21 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

## Related Comparisons

- [Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B vs Claude Fable 5.1](/compare/claude-fable-5-1-vs-nemotron-3-nano-omni-30b-a3b)
- [Ternary Bonsai 2 27B vs Claude Fable 5.1](/compare/claude-fable-5-1-vs-ternary-bonsai-2-27b)
- [Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B vs GPT-6 Astra](/compare/gpt-6-astra-vs-nemotron-3-nano-omni-30b-a3b)
- [Ternary Bonsai 2 27B vs GPT-6 Astra](/compare/gpt-6-astra-vs-ternary-bonsai-2-27b)

## Explore More

- [Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B profile](/models/nemotron-3-nano-omni-30b-a3b)
- [Ternary Bonsai 2 27B profile](/models/ternary-bonsai-2-27b)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
- [Alternative Finder](/tools/alternative-finder)
- [LLM Selector](/tools/llm-selector)
- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)