Compare/Granite 3.3 8B (Non-reasoning) vs NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)

Granite 3.3 8B (Non-reasoning)vsNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

IBM

Granite 3.3 8B (Non-reasoning)

Input
$0.03/M
Output
$0.25/M
Speed
386 tok/s
TTFT
7.20s
NVIDIA

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)

Input
$0.06/M
Output
$0.24/M
Speed
138 tok/s
TTFT
1.00s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Granite 3.3 8B (Non-reasoning)
Faster (tok/s)
Granite 3.3 8B (Non-reasoning)
Lower Latency
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)
Benchmarks (1-11)
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)

Pricing Comparison

MetricGranite 3.3 8B (Non-reasoning)NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)
Input ($/M tokens)$0.03$0.06
Output ($/M tokens)$0.25$0.24
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Granite 3.3 8B (Non-reasoning)$0.06
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)$0.08

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Granite 3.3 8B (Non-reasoning)
386 tok/s
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)
138 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Granite 3.3 8B (Non-reasoning)
7.20s
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)
1.00s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
7.024.3
Coding Index
3.419.0
Math Index
6.791.0
GPQA Diamond
33.8%75.7%
MMLU-Pro
46.8%79.4%
LiveCodeBench
12.7%74.1%
AIME 2025
6.7%91.0%
MATH-500
66.5%
Humanity's Last Exam
4.2%10.2%
SciCode
10.1%29.6%
IFBench
22.4%71.1%
TerminalBench
0.0%13.6%
Granite 3.3 8B (Non-reasoning)1 wins
11 winsNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Granite 3.3 8B (Non-reasoning) or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)?

Granite 3.3 8B (Non-reasoning) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.09/M tokens vs $0.10/M for NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning).

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) wins 11 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 1 for Granite 3.3 8B (Non-reasoning). See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

Granite 3.3 8B (Non-reasoning) generates tokens faster at 386 tok/s vs 138 tok/s. However, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) has lower time-to-first-token (1.00s vs 7.20s).

When should I use Granite 3.3 8B (Non-reasoning) vs NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)?

Choose based on your priorities: Granite 3.3 8B (Non-reasoning) for lower cost, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) for stronger benchmark performance, and Granite 3.3 8B (Non-reasoning) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.