Model comparison
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B vs Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
Head-to-head evidence from 22 shared benchmark results across 6 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.
Public leaderboard positions: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B #151 (Estimated); Qwen3.6-35B-A3B #104 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.
Evidence parity. Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B share 22 comparable benchmark results. 3 of 8 categories are comparable. 7 results are unique to Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B; 35 to Qwen3.6-35B-A3B.
Updated July 23, 2026- Shared results
- 22
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B only
- 7
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B only
- 35
- Comparable categories
- 3 / 8
Pick Qwen3.6-35B-A3B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.
Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 22 shared benchmark results across 6 evidence categories; 3 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.
Why this result
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is clearly ahead on the BenchAlign aggregate, 51.47 to 44.24. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 73.8 against 32. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is GPQA, 72.2% to 86%. 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.
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B gives you the larger context window at 262K, 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 | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Δ | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B32.0 | Margin→ 41.8 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B73.8 |
| Knowledge | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B76.3 | Margin← 24.9 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B51.4 |
| Multimodal | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B76.3 | MarginTie | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B76.3 |
| Agentic | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3BNot measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B51.5 |
| Math | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3BNot measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B88.2 |
| Inst. Following | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B74.2 | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.6-35B-A3BNot measured |
Decisive benchmark drivers
The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.
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GPQA
KnowledgeA 72.2%B 86%Winner: Qwen3.6-35B-A3BΔ 13.8GPQA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B scored 72.2%; Qwen3.6-35B-A3B scored 86%. Qwen3.6-35B-A3B wins this benchmark. - Source ↗
MMLU-Pro
KnowledgeA 77.3%B 85.2%Winner: Qwen3.6-35B-A3BΔ 7.9MMLU-Pro: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B scored 77.3%; Qwen3.6-35B-A3B scored 85.2%. Qwen3.6-35B-A3B wins this benchmark. - Source ↗
CharXiv
MultimodalA 76.3%B 78%Winner: Qwen3.6-35B-A3BΔ 1.8CharXiv: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B scored 76.3%; Qwen3.6-35B-A3B scored 78%. Qwen3.6-35B-A3B wins this benchmark.
Operational comparison
Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.
| Metric | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokens | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B$0 input / $0 output | Qwen3.6-35B-A3BNot available | A complete price comparison is not available. |
| Generation speedtokens per second | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3BNot available | Qwen3.6-35B-A3BNot available | A complete speed comparison is not available. |
| First-answer latencyseconds to first token | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3BNot available | Qwen3.6-35B-A3BNot available | A complete latency comparison is not available. |
| Context windowmaximum listed tokens | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B256K | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B262K | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B lists the larger context window. |
Benchmark Deep Dive
Agentic16 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| OSWorldSource | 47.4% | — | Not comparable |
| τ²-bench resultsSource | 45.3% | 95.3% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| GDPval-AASource | 0.0% | 27.4% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| GDPval-AASource | 467 | 1049 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0Source | — | 51.5% | Not comparable |
| Claw-EvalSource | — | 68.7% | Not comparable |
| QwenClawBenchSource | — | 52.6% | Not comparable |
| QwenWebBenchSource | — | 1397 | Not comparable |
| τ³-bench resultsSource | — | 67.2% | Not comparable |
| VITA-BenchSource | — | 35.6% | Not comparable |
| DeepPlanningSource | — | 25.9% | Not comparable |
| ToolathlonSource | — | 26.9% | Not comparable |
| MCP AtlasSource | — | 62.8% | Not comparable |
| WideResearchSource | — | 60.1% | Not comparable |
| AA Agentic IndexSource | — | 21.4% | Not comparable |
| Gert LabsSource | — | 42.65% | Not comparable |
CodingQwen3.6-35B-A3B wins9 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| SciCodeSource | 32% | — | Not comparable |
| AA-SciCodeSource | 27.8% | 35.8% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| AA Coding IndexSource | 13.8% | 41.9% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| SWE-bench VerifiedSource | — | 73.4% | Not comparable |
| SWE MultilingualSource | — | 67.2% | Not comparable |
| SWE-bench ProSource | — | 49.5% | Not comparable |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0Source | — | 51.5% | Not comparable |
| LiveCodeBenchSource | — | 80.4% | Not comparable |
| NL2RepoSource | — | 29.4% | Not comparable |
Reasoning2 benchmarks
KnowledgeNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B wins12 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-ProSource | 77.3% | 85.2% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| GPQASource | 72.2% | 86% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| GPQA-DSource | 72.2% | — | Not comparable |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource | 14.9% | 31.6% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| AA-GPQA DiamondSource | 46.9% | 84.1% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| AA-HLESource | 5.3% | 20.2% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| AA-Omniscience IndexSource | -56.0% | -21.4% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| AA-Omniscience AccuracySource | 14.8% | 18.9% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource | 83.1% | 49.7% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| SuperGPQASource | — | 64.7% | Not comparable |
| C-EvalSource | — | 90% | Not comparable |
| HLESource | — | 21.4% | Not comparable |
Math6 benchmarks
MultimodalTie17 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMMUSource | 70.8% | 81.7% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| MMLongBench-DocSource | 57.5% | — | Not comparable |
| CharXivSource | 76.3% | 78% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| ScreenSpot ProSource | 57.8% | — | Not comparable |
| Video-MME (w/o subtitle)Source | 72.2% | 82.5% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| AI2D_TESTSource | 88.5% | 92.7% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| RefCOCO (avg)Source | 90.5% | 92.0% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| AA-MMMU-ProSource | 53.2% | 75.0% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B leads |
| MMMU-ProSource | — | 75.3% | Not comparable |
| RealWorldQASource | — | 85.3% | Not comparable |
| OmniDocBench 1.5Source | — | 89.9% | Not comparable |
| SimpleVQASource | — | 58.9% | Not comparable |
| CC-OCRSource | — | 81.9% | Not comparable |
| ODINW13Source | — | 50.8% | Not comparable |
| Video-MME (with subtitle)Source | — | 86.6% | Not comparable |
| VideoMMMUSource | — | 83.7% | Not comparable |
| MLVU (M-Avg)Source | — | 86.2% | Not comparable |
Frequently Asked Questions (4)
Which is better, Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is ahead on BenchLM's BenchAlign leaderboard, 51.47 to 44.24. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 72.2% and 86%.
Which is better for knowledge tasks, Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 76.3 versus 51.4. Inside this category, AA-GPQA Diamond is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Which is better for coding, Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 73.8 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, Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B are effectively tied for multimodal and grounded tasks here, both landing at 76.3 on average.
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