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Qwen3.5-35B-A3B vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 22 results on 4 sources that measured both models.
Of the 22 results both models have, the better value on each. Results whose reported ranges overlap are too close to call.
Results as of 9 October 2026 (catalogue release 2026-10-09-dd620e778ac5).
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B? The short answer
Pick Qwen3.5-35B-A3B if quality matters most: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 19.3 against 8.9). Pick Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B if cost matters more: it costs 5.1 times less per token.
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is cheaper: $0.088 against $0.45 per million tokens, 5.1 times less.
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 19.3 against 8.9.
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B is newer: released 24 Feb 2026, against 15 Dec 2025 for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B.
- On third-party benchmarks, on the results both models have: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B does better for reasoning and knowledge and writing.
Head to head
Every fact side by side
| Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Price per million tokens | $0.16 in · $1.30 out | $0.050 in · $0.20 out |
| Blended (3 in : 1 out) | $0.45 | $0.088 |
| Cheapest host, blended | $0.25 (Darkbloom, FP4) | $0.088 (DeepInfra, FP4) |
| Intelligence Index | 19.3 | 8.9 |
| Spring Prompt overall | – | – |
| Output speed, tokens a second | – | 223 |
| Context window | 262,144 tokens | 262,144 tokens |
| Released | 24 Feb 2026 (newer) | 15 Dec 2025 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Developer based in | China | the US |
Prices are the developer's list price where we have read it, otherwise the typical host on OpenRouter; see every model's price. Intelligence and speed from Artificial Analysis.
Which is better for what
Each model's rank among the models on sale today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. Further right is better; the better rank is in green.
Every shared result
Each model's best result on every measure both have, grouped by benchmark, with the setting that produced it. Under each measure, every model that benchmark has measured is a grey tick, best to the right, so you can see where the two sit in the field. The headline measures of each benchmark come first; the rest are under "Show all". Green marks the better value; where a source reports ranges that overlap, neither is marked.
| Measure | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 3 results | ||
| Overall · TextArena rating, higher is better 147 · 242 of 387 measured | 1,394 | 1,314 |
| Overall · Text factualityArena rating, higher is better 129 · 155 of 163 measured | 1,407 | 1,362 |
| Business, management and finance · TextArena rating, higher is better 139 · 223 of 380 measured | 1,403 | 1,317 |
| Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 3 results | ||
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score, higher is better 108 · 185 of 243 measured | 19.3 | 8.9thinking reasoning |
| GPQA Diamond% of questions, higher is better 84 · 135 of 231 measured | 84.5% | 75.7%thinking reasoning |
| Humanity's Last Exam% of questions, higher is better 106 · 143 of 242 measured | 21.0% | 11.4%thinking reasoning |
| UGI Leaderboard reported by UGI Leaderboard · 3 results | ||
| Writing score · UGIscore out of 100, higher is better 97 · 173 of 230 measured | 42.6think-prefill reasoning | 25.9 |
| Requested-length error · UGI% off the requested word count, lower is better 83 · 180 of 230 measured | 17.0%no reasoning | 35.0% |
| Style adherence · UGIscore from 0 to 1, higher is better 151 · 221 of 230 measured | 0.33no reasoning | 0.28 |
| Vectara Hallucination Leaderboard reported by Vectara Hallucination Leaderboard · 2 results | ||
| Hallucination rate · Vectara% of summaries, lower is better 62 · 55 of 104 measured | 10.5% | 9.6% |
| Answer rate · Vectara% of documents, higher is better 31 · 45 of 104 measured | 99.8% | 99.6% |
Show all 22 results (11 more)
| Measure | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 4 results | ||
| Creative writing · TextArena rating, higher is better 163 · 273 of 385 measured | 1,342 | 1,242 |
| Expert prompts · TextArena rating, higher is better 134 · 208 of 338 measured | 1,419 | 1,331 |
| Instruction following · TextArena rating, higher is better 140 · 247 of 387 measured | 1,386 | 1,291 |
| Writing, literature and language · TextArena rating, higher is better 155 · 270 of 386 measured | 1,363 | 1,267 |
| Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 7 results | ||
| Terminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks, higher is better 72 · 107 of 130 measured | 40.8%no reasoning | 6.7%thinking reasoning |
| τ-bench banking% of tasks, higher is better 107 · 97 of 121 measured | 4.9%no reasoning | 6.0%thinking reasoning |
| Artificial Analysis Coding Indexindex score, higher is better 79 · 113 of 131 measured | 37.0no reasoning | 14.4thinking reasoning |
| IFBench% of instructions, higher is better 39 · 49 of 195 measured | 72.5% | 71.1%thinking reasoning |
| Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions, higher is better 99 · 172 of 233 measured | 72.0% | 38.0%thinking reasoning |
| Terminal-Bench Hard% of tasks, higher is better 74 · 116 of 190 measured | 26.5% | 13.6%thinking reasoning |
| τ²-bench telecom% of tasks, higher is better 45 · 115 of 193 measured | 89.2% | 40.9%thinking reasoning |
Quick answers
Is Qwen3.5-35B-A3B better than Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Pick Qwen3.5-35B-A3B if quality matters most: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 19.3 against 8.9). Pick Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B if cost matters more: it costs 5.1 times less per token.
Which is cheaper, Qwen3.5-35B-A3B or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is cheaper: $0.088 against $0.45 per million tokens, 5.1 times less.
Which is better for agents and tool use, Qwen3.5-35B-A3B or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B ranks 116 of 164 models on sale for multi-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls, against 148 for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B.
Which is better for reasoning and knowledge, Qwen3.5-35B-A3B or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B ranks 92 of 198 models on sale for hard questions across science, maths and general knowledge, against 133 for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B.
Which is better for writing, Qwen3.5-35B-A3B or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B ranks 108 of 188 models on sale for what people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality, against 170 for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B.
Which is better for sticking to the facts, Qwen3.5-35B-A3B or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B ranks 112 of 152 models on sale for summarising without inventing things, and factual answers, against 120 for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B.
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