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Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B vs GLM 4.6V

Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 17 results on 3 sources that measured both models.

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
NVIDIA · profile
GLM 4.6V
Z.ai · profile
Results compared
17
Shared sources
3

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B or GLM 4.6V? The short answer

  • Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is cheaper: $0.088 against $0.45 per million tokens, 5.1 times less.
  • GLM 4.6V scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 11.2 against 8.9.
  • On our business benchmarks, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B ranks higher for reasoning and knowledge and sticking to the facts.
  • On our business benchmarks, GLM 4.6V ranks higher for writing.

At a glance

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BGLM 4.6V
Price per million tokens$0.050 in · $0.20 out$0.30 in · $0.90 out
Blended (3 in : 1 out)$0.088$0.45
Cheapest host, blended$0.088 (Crusoe, FP8)$0.45 (Novita, BF16)
Intelligence Index8.911.2
Spring Prompt overall––
Output speed, tokens a second220–
Context window262,144 tokens131,072 tokens
WeightsOpenOpen
Developer based inthe USChina

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 models available today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. The better rank is in green.

Use caseNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BGLM 4.6V
Agents and tool useMulti-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls 145 of 161 not measured
Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge 130 of 195 132 of 195
WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality 169 of 187 118 of 187
Sticking to the factsSummarising without inventing things, and factual answers 121 of 153 134 of 153

Every shared result

BenchmarkMetricNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BGLM 4.6V
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedOverallArena rating 1,3621,392
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedBusiness, management and financeArena rating 1,3171,370
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedCreative writingArena rating 1,2411,350
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedExpert promptsArena rating 1,3311,394
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedInstruction followingArena rating 1,2911,367
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedOverallArena rating 1,3131,379
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedWriting, literature and languageArena rating 1,2671,357
Artificial AnalysisreportedArtificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score 8.9011.2
Artificial AnalysisreportedGPQA Diamond% of questions 75.7%71.9%
Artificial AnalysisreportedHumanity's Last Exam% of questions 11.4%9.6%
Artificial AnalysisreportedIFBench% of instructions 71.1%30.1%
Artificial AnalysisreportedLong-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions 38.0%48.7%
Artificial AnalysisreportedTerminal-Bench Hard% of tasks 13.6%14.4%
Artificial AnalysisreportedΤ²-bench telecom% of tasks 40.9%31.6%
UGI LeaderboardreportedRequested-length error% off the requested word count 35.0%35.0%
UGI LeaderboardreportedStyle adherencescore from 0 to 1 0.280.39
UGI LeaderboardreportedWriting scorescore out of 100 25.939.7

Bold green marks the better value on that metric. Where a source reports ranges that overlap, the difference may not be meaningful; see the benchmark page for ranges.

Quick answers

Is Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B better than GLM 4.6V?

It depends on the task. Among models available today, on our benchmarks and licensed sources, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B ranks higher for reasoning and knowledge and sticking to the facts; GLM 4.6V ranks higher for writing.

Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B or GLM 4.6V?

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs $0.088 per million tokens (three input to one output), against $0.45 for GLM 4.6V.

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