Grok 4.6 vs NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: Release Comparison
Comparison of the Grok 4.6 and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B releases: 4 and 2 models respectively, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across all 6 models.
- For intelligence, Grok 4.6 scores highest: Grok 4.6 (high) at 44, 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 (Non-reasoning) at 166 t/s, against Grok 4.6 (high) at 58 t/s for Grok 4.6.
- For cost per task, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is cheapest: NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) at $0.02, against Grok 4.6 (low) at $0.48 for Grok 4.6.
Releases compared
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Cost
Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Speed & Latency
Output Speed
Capability Scores
Capability Indices
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
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
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
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better
Further details
Input modality | Output modality | Weights | Provider Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Grok 4.6 (high) |  SpaceXAI | 44 | 49 | 53 | 52 | 45 | 45 | 54 | $1.86 | $1.4 | $2.00 | $6.00 | $0.50 | $2,352 | 36k | 19k | 94M | 58 | 38.63s | 38.63s | 47.31s | 622.43s | - | 500k | Aug 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Grok 4.6 (xhigh) | SpaceXAI | 44 | 49 | 51 | 52 | - | 45 | 55 | $2.32 | $1.4 | $2.00 | $6.00 | $0.50 | $2,830 | 38k | 20k | 97M | 56 | 26.38s | 26.38s | 35.31s | 666.07s | - | 500k | Aug 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Grok 4.6 (medium) | SpaceXAI | 43 | 47 | 49 | 50 | - | 44 | 53 | $1.50 | $1.4 | $2.00 | $6.00 | $0.50 | $1,937 | 28k | 14k | 73M | 54 | 32.75s | 32.75s | 41.96s | 522.10s | - | 500k | Aug 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Grok 4.6 (low) | SpaceXAI | 35 | 39 | 44 | 44 | - | 35 | 46 | $0.48 | $1.4 | $2.00 | $6.00 | $0.50 | $761 | 10k | 2k | 21M | 52 | 5.90s | 5.90s | 15.50s | 199.23s | - | 500k | Aug 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) |  NVIDIA | 9 | 9 | 6 | 10 | - | 13 | 15 | $0.02 | $0.1 | $0.05 | $0.20 | - | $64 | 27k | 24k | 178M | 142 | 1.33s | 15.37s | 18.88s | 177.36s | 31.6B 3.6B active at inference time | 1M | Dec 2025 | - | Yes | Supports: text | Supports: text |    | |||
| NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Non-reasoning) | NVIDIA | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.1 | $0.05 | $0.20 | - | - | - | - | - | 166 | 0.97s | 0.97s | 3.99s | - | 31.6B 3.6B active at inference time | 1M | Dec 2025 | - | No | Supports: text | Supports: text | | |||