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

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)vsGranite 3.3 8B (Non-reasoning)

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

NVIDIA

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)

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

Granite 3.3 8B (Non-reasoning)

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

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 (11-1)
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)

Pricing Comparison

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

Speed Comparison

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

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
24.37.0
Coding Index
19.03.4
Math Index
91.06.7
GPQA Diamond
75.7%33.8%
MMLU-Pro
79.4%46.8%
LiveCodeBench
74.1%12.7%
AIME 2025
91.0%6.7%
MATH-500
66.5%
Humanity's Last Exam
10.2%4.2%
SciCode
29.6%10.1%
IFBench
71.1%22.4%
TerminalBench
13.6%0.0%
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)11 wins
1 winsGranite 3.3 8B (Non-reasoning)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) or Granite 3.3 8B (Non-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. NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) also has lower time-to-first-token (1.00s vs 7.20s).

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