NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) vs Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) vs Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

NVIDIANVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)Off the frontier
Intelligence
8.90
Total cost
$63.7
AlibabaQwen2.5 Instruct 72BNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
7.70
Total cost
-
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.

MetricNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)Qwen2.5 Instruct 72BDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)8.97.7−13.5% Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B is 13.5% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$63.74Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)10.29s23.61s+129.4% Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B is 129.4% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.05 / $0.20$0.47 / $0.49
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