Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B vs Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning)

Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B vs Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

NVIDIANemotron Cascade 2 30B A3BNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
11.70
Total cost
-
AlibabaQwen3.5 9B (Reasoning)Off the frontier
Intelligence
11.20
Total cost
$329
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricNemotron Cascade 2 30B A3BQwen3.5 9B (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)11.711.2−4.3% Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) is 4.3% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$328.86— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)Not reported43.82s— not comparable
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)—$0.14 / $0.20
Input modalitiesTextText, Image, Video
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