Gemini 3.5 Flash vs NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: Release Comparison

Comparison of the Gemini 3.5 Flash and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B releases: 3 and 2 models respectively, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across all 5 models.

  • For intelligence, Gemini 3.5 Flash scores highest: Gemini 3.5 Flash (medium) at 34, against NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) at 9 for NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B.
  • For output speed, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is fastest: NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) at 266 t/s, against Gemini 3.5 Flash (medium) at 234 t/s for Gemini 3.5 Flash.
  • For cost per task, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is cheapest: NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) at $0.02, against Gemini 3.5 Flash (high) at $1.56 for Gemini 3.5 Flash.

Intelligence

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3 incorporates 10 evaluations: AA-Briefcase, GDPval-AA v2, AutomationBench-AA, Terminal-Bench v4.0, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GDP.pdf, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR v1.1
Estimate (independent evaluation forthcoming)

Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task
Most attractive quadrant
Pareto line

Cost

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task, segmented by token type. Lower is better

Speed & Latency

Output Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better

Capability Scores

Capability Indices

Measures the performance of models on specific capabilities and industries
Finance & Accounting Index

Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better

Strategy & Ops Index

Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better

Legal Index

Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Humanity's Last Exam, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better

Healthcare & Medical Index

Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better

Engineering Index

Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Terminal-Bench v4.0 · Higher is better

Economics Index

Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better

Further details

Weights
Provider Benchmarks
Gemini 3.5 Flash (medium)
Google logoGoogle
34
-
1M
$1.3
234
Not available
Google
Gemini 3.5 Flash (high)
Google logoGoogle
33
-
1M
$1.3
228
Not available
Google
Gemini 3.5 Flash (minimal)
Google logoGoogle
24
-
1M
$1.3
214
Not available
Google
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)
NVIDIA logoNVIDIA
9
31.6B
3.6B active at inference time
1M
$0.1
266
NebiusNovitaDeepInfra
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Non-reasoning)
NVIDIA logoNVIDIA
7
31.6B
3.6B active at inference time
1M
$0.1
183
NovitaDeepInfra