Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B
Mar 2026
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Benchmarks of Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B13
BenchmarkByScoreRank
Overall1
Knowledge4
Science2
Coding1
Agents1
Documents1
Legacy · saturated or no longer reported3
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self-host onlyprice
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1Mcontext
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ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
BetterMiniMax M3thinkingOpen+3%—$0.51Context: 1M → 524K+3
OpenGemma 4 31Bthinking-6%—$0.10 / $0.34Context: 1M → 256K
BetterGrok 4.3medium+4%—$1.25 / $2.50
OpenQwen 3.5 27Bthinking-6%—$0.30 / $2.40Context: 1M → 262KOpenGemma 4 12Bthinking-9%—$0.10 / $0.30Context: 1M → 256KModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
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ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
MiniMax M3thinkingOpen+3%—$0.51Context: 1M → 524K+3Grok 4.3medium+4%—$1.25 / $2.50ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
Gemma 4 31BthinkingOpen-6%—$0.10 / $0.34Context: 1M → 256KQwen 3.5 27BthinkingOpen-6%—$0.30 / $2.40Context: 1M → 262KGemma 4 12BthinkingOpen-9%—$0.10 / $0.30Context: 1M → 256KQwen 3.5 35B A3BthinkingOpen-10%—$0.25 / $2Context: 1M → 262K+1Gemma 4 26B A4BthinkingOpen-10%—$0.15 / $0.60Context: 1M → 256KModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
Nemotron 3 UltrathinkingOpensame—$0.58Memory (4-bit): 19 GB → 336 GBNemotron 3 Super 120B A12BOpen-11%—$1.64Memory (4-bit): 19 GB → 74 GBNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B ReasoningOpen-21%—$0 / $0Context: 1M → 256K+1NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4BOpen-28%——Context: 1M → 262KNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3Bnon-thinkingOpen-53%—$0.06 / $0.24Context: 1M → 131KLlama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5non-thinkingOpen-59%—$0.40 / $0.40Context: 1M → 128K+1NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2non-thinkingOpen-66%—$0.04 / $0.16Context: 1M → 131KNVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VLnon-thinkingOpen-68%—$0.20 / $0.60Context: 1M → 128KAll NVIDIA models →Run it yourself
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Benchmarks
all categoriesChat & Knowledge
Humanity's Last Exam12#162
AA Omniscience Index-51.5#217
CritPt (physics)0.6#141
AA Intelligence Index 4.3.2≈11.7#187
AA Omniscience · Accuracy18.3#180
AA-LCR (long context) 1.139.3#201
GPQA Diamond75.8#148
Coding
Terminal-Bench 2.120.6#112
Agents & Tool Use
τ²-bench · AA53.2#108
Writing & Language
IFBench (instructions)80.4#5
FAQ
How much does Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B, and what is it best at?›
#161 of 334 in Chat & Knowledge, #88 of 239 in Coding, #122 of 175 in Agents & Tool Use, #5 of 245 in Writing & Language. Strongest at: Instructions.
Is Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B better than Qwen3.7 Max?›
On IFBench (instructions), Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B scores 80.4 vs 80.5 — about the same.
What is the context window of Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B?›
1M tokens.
When was Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-03-19. It is the current version in its line.
Is Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (nvidia-open-model-license licence).
Can I run Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
Can Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B read images?›
No, it accepts text only.
What is Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B?›
Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B is an open-weights language model from NVIDIA, released Mar 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B?›
MiniMax M3 (better), Gemma 4 31B (open weights).