NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) vs Qwen3.5 9B (Non-reasoning)

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) vs Qwen3.5 9B (Non-reasoning). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

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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)Qwen3.5 9B (Non-reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)8.913.3+49.4% Qwen3.5 9B (Non-reaso… is 49.4% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$63.74Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)10.12s7.17s−29.2% Qwen3.5 9B (Non-reaso… is 29.2% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.05 / $0.20$0.17 / $0.25
Input modalitiesTextText, Image, Video
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