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Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 20 shared benchmark results across 6 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

64.75/100
Margin
20.5pts
← winning
44.24/100
3 category wins1 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Gemini 3.5 Flash #33 (Estimated); Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B #151 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Gemini 3.5 Flash and Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B share 20 comparable benchmark results. 4 of 8 categories are comparable. 26 results are unique to Gemini 3.5 Flash; 9 to Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B.

Updated July 23, 2026
Shared results
20
Gemini 3.5 Flash only
26
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B only
9
Comparable categories
4 / 8

Pick Gemini 3.5 Flash if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 20 shared benchmark results across 6 evidence categories; 4 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

Gemini 3.5 Flash is clearly ahead on the BenchAlign aggregate, 64.75 to 44.24. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Gemini 3.5 Flash's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 53.9 against 32. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SciCode, 53.1% to 32%. Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Gemini 3.5 Flash is also the more expensive model on tokens at $1.50 input / $9.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. Gemini 3.5 Flash gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 256K for Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for Gemini 3.5 Flash and Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
CategoryGemini 3.5 FlashΔNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
KnowledgeGemini 3.5 Flash47.2Margin→ 29.1Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B76.3
CodingGemini 3.5 Flash53.9Margin← 21.9Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B32.0
MultimodalGemini 3.5 Flash83.8Margin← 7.5Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B76.3
Inst. FollowingGemini 3.5 Flash76.3Margin← 2.1Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B74.2
AgenticGemini 3.5 Flash77.2MarginNo overlapNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3BNot measured
ReasoningGemini 3.5 Flash74.7MarginNo overlapNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3BNot measured
MathGemini 3.5 Flash32.9MarginNo overlapNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3BNot measured

Decisive benchmark drivers

The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.

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A · Gemini 3.5 FlashB · Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B

  1. SciCode

    Coding
    Source ↗
    A 53.1%B 32%
    Winner: Gemini 3.5 FlashΔ 21.1
    SciCode: Gemini 3.5 Flash scored 53.1%; Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B scored 32%. Gemini 3.5 Flash wins this benchmark.

  2. GPQA

    Knowledge
    Source ↗
    A 92.2%B 72.2%
    Winner: Gemini 3.5 FlashΔ 20
    GPQA: Gemini 3.5 Flash scored 92.2%; Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B scored 72.2%. Gemini 3.5 Flash wins this benchmark.

  3. CharXiv

    Multimodal
    Source ↗
    A 84.2%B 76.3%
    Winner: Gemini 3.5 FlashΔ 8
    CharXiv: Gemini 3.5 Flash scored 84.2%; Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B scored 76.3%. Gemini 3.5 Flash wins this benchmark.

  4. IFBench

    Inst. Following
    Source ↗
    A 76.3%B 74.2%
    Winner: Gemini 3.5 FlashΔ 2.1
    IFBench: Gemini 3.5 Flash scored 76.3%; Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B scored 74.2%. Gemini 3.5 Flash wins this benchmark.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricGemini 3.5 FlashNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3BComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensGemini 3.5 Flash$1.5 input / $9 outputNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B$0 input / $0 outputNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondGemini 3.5 Flash284.2 tok/sNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3BNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenGemini 3.5 Flash18.55 sNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3BNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensGemini 3.5 Flash1MNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B256KGemini 3.5 Flash lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3BResult
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 76.2%—Not comparable
MCP AtlasSource 83.6%—Not comparable
ToolathlonSource 56.5%—Not comparable
OSWorld-VerifiedSource 78.4%—Not comparable
Finance Agent v2Source 57.9%—Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 1349467Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
τ²-bench resultsSource 95.3%45.3%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
GDPval-AASource 42.4%0.0%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
AA Agentic IndexSource 37.5%—Not comparable
APEX-Agents-AASource 47.1%—Not comparable
Gert LabsSource 61.85%—Not comparable
ResearchClawBenchSource 18.0%—Not comparable
AA AutomationBenchSource 42.6%—Not comparable
AA EnterpriseOps-GymSource 50.1%—Not comparable
terminalBenchHardSource 40.9%—Not comparable
OSWorldSource —47.4%Not comparable
CodingGemini 3.5 Flash wins
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3BResult
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 76.2%—Not comparable
SWE-bench ProSource 55.1%—Not comparable
SciCodeSource 53.1%32%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
Vibe Code BenchSource 48.68%—Not comparable
cursorBench31Source 49.8%—Not comparable
cursorBench32Source 48.8%—Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 70.1%13.8%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
AA-SciCodeSource 53.1%27.8%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
Reasoning
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3BResult
MRCRv2Source 77.3%—Not comparable
MRCR 1MSource 26.6%—Not comparable
ARC-AGI-2Source 72.1%—Not comparable
AA-LCRSource 69.3%35.7%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
CritPtSource 13.1%0.0%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
KnowledgeNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B wins
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3BResult
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 50.2%14.9%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
GPQASource 92.2%72.2%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
GPQA-DSource 92.7%72.2%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
HLESource 40.2%—Not comparable
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 51.9%14.8%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 60.7%83.1%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 92.2%46.9%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
AA-HLESource 41.0%5.3%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 22.7%-56.0%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
MMLU-ProSource —77.3%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3BResult
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 38.966%—Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)Source 14.583%—Not comparable
AIME 2025Source —82.1%Not comparable
MultimodalGemini 3.5 Flash wins
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3BResult
CharXivSource 84.2%76.3%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
MMMU-ProSource 83.6%—Not comparable
Blueprint-Bench 2Source 33.6%—Not comparable
AA-MMMU-ProSource 84.3%53.2%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1285—Not comparable
MMMUSource —70.8%Not comparable
MMLongBench-DocSource —57.5%Not comparable
ScreenSpot ProSource —57.8%Not comparable
Video-MME (w/o subtitle)Source —72.2%Not comparable
AI2D_TESTSource —88.5%Not comparable
RefCOCO (avg)Source —90.5%Not comparable
Inst. FollowingGemini 3.5 Flash wins
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3BResult
IFBenchSource 76.3%74.2%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
AA-IFBenchSource 76.3%63.2%Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
Frequently Asked Questions (5)

Which is better, Gemini 3.5 Flash or Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is ahead on BenchLM's BenchAlign leaderboard, 64.75 to 44.24. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SciCode, where the scores are 53.1% and 32%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Gemini 3.5 Flash or Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B?

Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 76.3 versus 47.2. Inside this category, AA-Omniscience Index is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Gemini 3.5 Flash or Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B?

Gemini 3.5 Flash has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 53.9 versus 32. Inside this category, AA Coding Index is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Gemini 3.5 Flash or Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B?

Gemini 3.5 Flash has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 83.8 versus 76.3. Inside this category, AA-MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Gemini 3.5 Flash or Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B?

Gemini 3.5 Flash has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 76.3 versus 74.2. Inside this category, AA-IFBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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