Compare/NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) vs Nova Lite

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)vsNova Lite

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
Amazon

Nova Lite

Input
$0.06/M
Output
$0.24/M
Speed
190 tok/s
TTFT
0.39s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Tie
Faster (tok/s)
Nova Lite
Lower Latency
Nova Lite
Benchmarks (11-1)
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)

Pricing Comparison

MetricNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)Nova Lite
Input ($/M tokens)$0.06$0.06
Output ($/M tokens)$0.24$0.24
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)$0.08
Nova Lite$0.08

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)
138 tok/s
Nova Lite
190 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)
1.00s
Nova Lite
0.39s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
24.312.7
Coding Index
19.05.1
Math Index
91.07.0
GPQA Diamond
75.7%43.3%
MMLU-Pro
79.4%59.0%
LiveCodeBench
74.1%16.7%
AIME 2025
91.0%7.0%
MATH-500
76.5%
Humanity's Last Exam
10.2%4.6%
SciCode
29.6%13.9%
IFBench
71.1%34.1%
TerminalBench
13.6%0.8%
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)11 wins
1 winsNova Lite

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Both models have similar pricing. Check the detailed breakdown above for input vs output token costs.

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

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

Which is faster for real-time applications?

Nova Lite generates tokens faster at 190 tok/s vs 138 tok/s. However, Nova Lite has lower time-to-first-token (0.39s vs 1.00s).

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

Choose based on your priorities: both are similarly priced, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) for stronger benchmark performance, and Nova Lite for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.