Llama 4 Maverick vs NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: Llama 4 Maverick by Meta or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) by NVIDIA? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-27.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Llama 4 Maverick
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) vs Llama 4 Maverick: 4.3% less intelligence, 44.9% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 3.6% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Llama 4 Maverick | NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 9.3 | 8.9 | −4.3% NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nan… is 4.3% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $43.98 | $63.74 | +44.9% NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nan… is 44.9% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 10.48s | 10.10s | −3.6% NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nan… is 3.6% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.25 / $0.92 | $0.05 / $0.20 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Llama 4 Maverick is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Medium) scores 29.90 for $31.2.
- NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium) scores 34.50 for $56.4.
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