Compare/NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) vs Ministral 3 14B

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)vsMinistral 3 14B

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

NVIDIA

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)

Input
$0.055/M
Output
$0.22/M
Speed
106 tok/s
TTFT
1.40s
Mistral

Ministral 3 14B

Input
$0.2/M
Output
$0.2/M
Speed
116 tok/s
TTFT
0.38s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)
Faster (tok/s)
Ministral 3 14B
Lower Latency
Ministral 3 14B
Benchmarks (11-0)
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)

Pricing Comparison

MetricNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)Ministral 3 14B
Input ($/M tokens)$0.055$0.2
Output ($/M tokens)$0.22$0.2
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)$0.08
Ministral 3 14B$0.22

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)
106 tok/s
Ministral 3 14B
116 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)
1.40s
Ministral 3 14B
0.38s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
24.316.0
Coding Index
19.010.9
Math Index
91.030.0
GPQA Diamond
75.7%57.2%
MMLU-Pro
79.4%69.3%
LiveCodeBench
74.1%35.1%
AIME 2025
91.0%30.0%
MATH-500
Humanity's Last Exam
10.2%4.6%
SciCode
29.6%23.6%
IFBench
71.1%32.0%
TerminalBench
13.6%4.5%
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)11 wins
0 winsMinistral 3 14B

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 14B?

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.10/M tokens vs $0.20/M for Ministral 3 14B.

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) wins 11 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 0 for Ministral 3 14B. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

Ministral 3 14B generates tokens faster at 116 tok/s vs 106 tok/s. However, Ministral 3 14B has lower time-to-first-token (0.38s vs 1.40s).

When should I use NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) vs Ministral 3 14B?

Choose based on your priorities: NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) for lower cost, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) for stronger benchmark performance, and Ministral 3 14B for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.