# NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B release · 2025-12-15 · snapshot 2026-10-27

Creator: NVIDIA · 2 effort levels

| Effort level | Input modalities | Intelligence | Total cost | E2E | On the frontier today | ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) | Text | 8.90 | $63.7 | 10.1s | no | `nvidia-nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b-reasoning` |
| NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Non-reasoning) | Text | 6.80 | - | 2.36s | no | `nvidia-nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b` |

Open weights · on the open-weights frontier today: 0 of 2

## Launch day (2025-12-15)

- Reached the frontier: 0 of 2
- Reached the open-weights frontier: 0 of 2
- Impact (intelligence × log-cost hypervolume gained): 0
- Rank: did not move the frontier; 46 releases this past year did
- NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) missed: 0.8 points below DeepSeek V3 0324 at 3.28× its cost


> Metrics snapshot: 2026-10-27T09:34:39Z. Intelligence index version: unknown. Release timeline, frontier age, release impact and shakeup cards are reconstructions using one selected snapshot's metrics, not a record of what was known at release. Scores, benchmark cost and derived value may change when the index methodology changes. Source documentation advertises v4.3.2; API correspondence is unverified.