Llama 4 Scout vs NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: Llama 4 Scout 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 NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) vs Llama 4 Scout: 36.9% more intelligence, 13.3% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 52.8% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Llama 4 Scout | NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 6.5 | 8.9 | +36.9% NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nan… is 36.9% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $73.56 | $63.74 | −13.3% NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nan… is 13.3% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 6.61s | 10.10s | +52.8% NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nan… is 52.8% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.18 / $0.66 | $0.05 / $0.20 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Llama 4 Scout is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Xhigh) scores 34.60 for $66.8.
- 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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