NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B
Mar 2026
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4BCompare inon
Benchmarks of NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B18
BenchmarkByScoreRank
Overall1
Knowledge4
Science3
Coding3
Agents3
Documents2
Legacy · saturated or no longer reported2
No benchmark matches
—per task?
self-host onlyprice
—output speed?
262Kcontext
Ranking?
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
BetterGPT-6 Lunalow×4.5—$0.005Function calling only with none · Chat Completions+3IOpenK2 Horizon 7Bthinking×4.3—$0.30 / $1.20Memory (4-bit): 2 GB → 4.5 GB
BetterGranite 4.2 3BthinkingOpen+90%—$0.006Context: 262K → 128K
BetterGemma 4 E4BthinkingOpen+87%—$0.008Context: 262K → 128K+1BetterGPT-5.6 Lunalow×4.4—$0.01ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
Nothing here yet.
ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
GPT-6 Lunalow×4.5—$0.005Function calling only with none · Chat Completions+3Granite 4.2 3BthinkingOpen+90%—$0.006Context: 262K → 128KGemma 4 E4BthinkingOpen+87%—$0.008Context: 262K → 128K+1GPT-5.6 Lunalow×4.4—$0.01GPT OSS 20BhighOpen+88%—$0.011Context: 262K → 131K+1ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
IK2 Horizon 7BthinkingOpen×4.3—$0.30 / $1.20Memory (4-bit): 2 GB → 4.5 GBIK2 Horizon 3.7BthinkingOpen×3.3—$0.30 / $1.20Memory (4-bit): 2 GB → 2.5 GBGemma 4 12BthinkingOpen×3—$0.10 / $0.30Context: 262K → 256K+1
Qwen 3.5 9Bnon-thinkingOpen×2.8—$0.08 / $0.13Memory (4-bit): 2 GB → 4.8 GBQwen3.5 4BthinkingOpen×2.8—$0.03 / $0.15Memory (4-bit): 2 GB → 2.3 GBModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
Nemotron 3.5 Super VLOpen×5.6—$0.19Memory (4-bit): 2 GB → 75 GBNemotron 3 UltrathinkingOpen×4.8—$0.58Memory (4-bit): 2 GB → 336 GBNemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9BOpen×4.5——Context: 262K → 256K+1Nemotron 3.5 LightningthinkingOpen×2.7—$0.079Memory (4-bit): 2 GB → 20 GBNemotron 3 Super 120B A12BOpen×2.7—$1.64Memory (4-bit): 2 GB → 74 GBNemotron Cascade 2 30B A3BOpen×2.4——Memory (4-bit): 2 GB → 19 GBNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B ReasoningOpen×2.1—$0 / $0Context: 262K → 256K+1Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5non-thinkingOpen+54%—$0.40 / $0.40Context: 262K → 128K+1All NVIDIA models →Run it yourself
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Benchmarks
all categoriesChat & Knowledge
Humanity's Last Exam4.9#282
AA Omniscience Index-70.5#295
CritPt (physics)0#180
AA Intelligence Index 4.3.24.8#336
AA Omniscience · Accuracy9.6#283
AA-LCR (long context) 1.121.7#234
GDP.pdf · AA all-pass0.4#128
GPQA Diamond51.3#259
Coding
SciCode16.1#137
Terminal-Bench 2.13.7#140
Agents & Tool Use
AutomationBench-AA0.4#122
τ²-bench · AA28.1#154
Writing & Language
IFBench (instructions)58.2#89
FAQ
How much does NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B, and what is it best at?›
#280 of 334 in Chat & Knowledge, #75 of 132 in Coding, #122 of 133 in Agents & Tool Use, #89 of 245 in Writing & Language, #128 of 133 in Vision & Documents.
Is NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B better than Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 4B v1.1?›
On AA Intelligence Index 4.3.2, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B scores 4.8 vs 7.3 — lower.
What is the context window of NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B?›
262K tokens.
When was NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-03-16. It is the current version in its line.
Is NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (nvidia-nemotron-open-model-license licence).
Can I run NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
Can NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B read images?›
No, it accepts text only.
What is NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B?›
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B is an open-weights language model from NVIDIA, released Mar 2026, the successor to Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 4B v1.1.
What are the best alternatives to NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B?›
GPT-6 Luna (better), K2 Horizon 7B (open weights).