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Qwen3.6-Plus vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 26 results on 4 sources that measured both models.
Of the 26 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).
Qwen3.6-Plus or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B? The short answer
Pick Qwen3.6-Plus if quality matters most: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 27.0 against 8.9). Pick Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B if cost matters more: it costs 8.4 times less per token.
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is cheaper: $0.088 against $0.73 per million tokens, 8.4 times less.
- Qwen3.6-Plus scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 27.0 against 8.9.
- Qwen3.6-Plus is newer: released 31 Mar 2026, against 15 Dec 2025 for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B.
- On third-party benchmarks, on the results both models have: Qwen3.6-Plus does better for agents and tool use, reasoning and knowledge, writing and sticking to the facts.
Head to head
Every fact side by side
| Qwen3.6-Plus | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Price per million tokens | $0.33 in · $1.95 out | $0.050 in · $0.20 out |
| Blended (3 in : 1 out) | $0.73 | $0.088 |
| Cheapest host, blended | – | $0.088 (DeepInfra, FP4) |
| Intelligence Index | 27.0 | 8.9 |
| Spring Prompt overall | – | – |
| Output speed, tokens a second | – | 223 |
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens | 262,144 tokens |
| Released | 31 Mar 2026 (newer) | 15 Dec 2025 |
| Weights | Closed | 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 | Qwen3.6-Plus | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 3 results | ||
| Overall · TextArena rating, higher is better 76 · 242 of 387 measured | 1,443 | 1,314 |
| Overall · Text factualityArena rating, higher is better 84 · 155 of 163 measured | 1,438 | 1,362 |
| Business, management and finance · TextArena rating, higher is better 75 · 223 of 380 measured | 1,446 | 1,317 |
| Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 3 results | ||
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score, higher is better 62 · 185 of 243 measured | 27.0 | 8.9thinking reasoning |
| GPQA Diamond% of questions, higher is better 58 · 135 of 231 measured | 88.2% | 75.7%thinking reasoning |
| Humanity's Last Exam% of questions, higher is better 84 · 143 of 242 measured | 27.8% | 11.4%thinking reasoning |
| OpenHands Index reported by OpenHands Index · 3 results | ||
| Average% resolved, higher is better 16 · 34 of 34 measured | 52.9%openhands | 15.5%openhands |
| Front end (SWE-Bench Multimodal)% resolved, higher is better 20 · 32 of 34 measured | 30.9%openhands | 20.9%openhands |
| Greenfield (Commit0)% resolved, higher is better 14 · 33 of 34 measured | 25.0%openhands | 6.2%openhands |
| UGI Leaderboard reported by UGI Leaderboard · 3 results | ||
| Writing score · UGIscore out of 100, higher is better 49 · 173 of 230 measured | 58.2thinking reasoning | 25.9 |
| Requested-length error · UGI% off the requested word count, lower is better 25 · 180 of 230 measured | 8.0%thinking reasoning | 35.0% |
| Style adherence · UGIscore from 0 to 1, higher is better 96 · 221 of 230 measured | 0.35no reasoning | 0.28 |
Show all 26 results (14 more)
| Measure | Qwen3.6-Plus | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 4 results | ||
| Creative writing · TextArena rating, higher is better 82 · 273 of 385 measured | 1,407 | 1,242 |
| Expert prompts · TextArena rating, higher is better 68 · 208 of 338 measured | 1,476 | 1,331 |
| Instruction following · TextArena rating, higher is better 74 · 247 of 387 measured | 1,435 | 1,291 |
| Writing, literature and language · TextArena rating, higher is better 76 · 270 of 386 measured | 1,423 | 1,267 |
| Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 7 results | ||
| Terminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks, higher is better 47 · 107 of 130 measured | 61.4% | 6.7%thinking reasoning |
| τ-bench banking% of tasks, higher is better 48 · 97 of 121 measured | 20.8% | 6.0%thinking reasoning |
| Artificial Analysis Coding Indexindex score, higher is better 50 · 113 of 131 measured | 54.5 | 14.4thinking reasoning |
| IFBench% of instructions, higher is better 29 · 49 of 195 measured | 75.2% | 71.1%thinking reasoning |
| Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions, higher is better 54 · 172 of 233 measured | 78.3% | 38.0%thinking reasoning |
| Terminal-Bench Hard% of tasks, higher is better 23 · 116 of 190 measured | 43.9% | 13.6%thinking reasoning |
| τ²-bench telecom% of tasks, higher is better 7 · 115 of 193 measured | 97.7% | 40.9%thinking reasoning |
| OpenHands Index reported by OpenHands Index · 3 results | ||
| Information gathering (GAIA)% resolved, higher is better 11 · 34 of 34 measured | 72.1%openhands | 8.5%openhands |
| Issue resolution (SWE-Bench)% resolved, higher is better 17 · 34 of 34 measured | 74.2%openhands | 34.2%openhands |
| Testing (SWT-Bench)% resolved, higher is better 21 · 34 of 34 measured | 62.1%openhands | 7.6%openhands |
Quick answers
Is Qwen3.6-Plus better than Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Pick Qwen3.6-Plus if quality matters most: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 27.0 against 8.9). Pick Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B if cost matters more: it costs 8.4 times less per token.
Which is cheaper, Qwen3.6-Plus or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is cheaper: $0.088 against $0.73 per million tokens, 8.4 times less.
Which is better for agents and tool use, Qwen3.6-Plus or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Qwen3.6-Plus ranks 63 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, Qwen3.6-Plus or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Qwen3.6-Plus ranks 67 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, Qwen3.6-Plus or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Qwen3.6-Plus ranks 54 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, Qwen3.6-Plus or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Qwen3.6-Plus ranks 80 of 152 models on sale for summarising without inventing things, and factual answers, against 120 for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B.
Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3.6-Plus or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Qwen3.6-Plus: 1,000,000 tokens, against 262,144 for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B.
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