Compare/Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct vs NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning)

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B InstructvsNVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning)

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

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Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct

Input
$0.2/M
Output
$0.6/M
Speed
124 tok/s
TTFT
1.02s
NVIDIA

NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning)

Input
$0.2/M
Output
$0.6/M
Speed
TTFT

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Tie
Faster (tok/s)
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct
Lower Latency
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning)
Benchmarks (8-3)
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct

Pricing Comparison

MetricQwen3 VL 30B A3B InstructNVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning)
Input ($/M tokens)$0.2$0.2
Output ($/M tokens)$0.6$0.6
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct$0.26
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning)$0.26

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct
124 tok/s
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning)
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct
1.02s
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning)

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
16.014.9
Coding Index
14.311.7
Math Index
72.375.0
GPQA Diamond
69.5%57.2%
MMLU-Pro
76.4%75.9%
LiveCodeBench
47.6%69.4%
AIME 2025
72.3%75.0%
MATH-500
Humanity's Last Exam
6.4%5.3%
SciCode
30.8%26.2%
IFBench
33.1%31.9%
TerminalBench
6.1%4.5%
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct8 wins
3 winsNVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct or NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning)?

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

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct wins 8 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 3 for NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning). See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct generates tokens faster at 124 tok/s vs 0 tok/s. However, NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning) has lower time-to-first-token (0.00s vs 1.02s).

When should I use Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct vs NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning)?

Choose based on your priorities: both are similarly priced, Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct for stronger benchmark performance, and Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.