# Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B vs ZAYA1-8B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B and ZAYA1-8B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/nemotron-3-nano-omni-30b-a3b-vs-zaya1-8b
- Last updated: September 18, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick ZAYA1-8B 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

- ZAYA1-8B leads overall 56 to 40.89.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 72.4 for Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B and 23.5 for ZAYA1-8B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is IFBench in Instruction Following, with scores of 74.2% and 52.6%.
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B also has the larger context window at 256K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | ZAYA1-8B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | NVIDIA | Zyphra |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 131K |
| Overall Score | 40.89 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 16 | 11 |
| 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)
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: 46.1 (Estimated · #82/154)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OSWorld | 47.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | 45.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 39.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 40.6 (Estimated · #118/154)
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v5 | 63.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | 32% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 65.8% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 39.3 (#42/48)
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | ZAYA1-8B | 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 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 48.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 38.8 (Supported · #146/184)
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: 43.6 (Estimated · #120/184)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 77.3% | 74.2% | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B |
| GPQA | 72.2% | 71% | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B |
| GPQA-D | 72.2% | 71.0% | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: 72.4 (#62/124)
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: 23.5 (#121/124)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 74.2% | 52.6% | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: 61.3 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 82.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 89.1% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 71.6% | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | Coming soon | 59.3% | Coming soon |
| Apex | Coming soon | 32.2% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B or ZAYA1-8B?

ZAYA1-8B is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B and ZAYA1-8B?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 72.4 for Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B and 23.5 for ZAYA1-8B.

### 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 ZAYA1-8B cover on BenchLM?

ZAYA1-8B currently has 11 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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