Compare/NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) vs Llama 2 Chat 7B

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)vsLlama 2 Chat 7B

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
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Llama 2 Chat 7B

Input
$0.05/M
Output
$0.25/M
Speed
120 tok/s
TTFT
1.12s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Llama 2 Chat 7B
Faster (tok/s)
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (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)Llama 2 Chat 7B
Input ($/M tokens)$0.06$0.05
Output ($/M tokens)$0.24$0.25
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)$0.08
Llama 2 Chat 7B$0.08

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)
138 tok/s
Llama 2 Chat 7B
120 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)
1.00s
Llama 2 Chat 7B
1.12s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
24.39.7
Coding Index
19.0
Math Index
91.0
GPQA Diamond
75.7%22.7%
MMLU-Pro
79.4%16.4%
LiveCodeBench
74.1%0.2%
AIME 2025
91.0%
MATH-500
5.9%
Humanity's Last Exam
10.2%5.8%
SciCode
29.6%0.0%
IFBench
71.1%
TerminalBench
13.6%
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)11 wins
1 winsLlama 2 Chat 7B

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) or Llama 2 Chat 7B?

Llama 2 Chat 7B is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.10/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 Llama 2 Chat 7B. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) generates tokens faster at 138 tok/s vs 120 tok/s. NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) also has lower time-to-first-token (1.00s vs 1.12s).

When should I use NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) vs Llama 2 Chat 7B?

Choose based on your priorities: Llama 2 Chat 7B for lower cost, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) for stronger benchmark performance, and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.