NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B vs gpt-oss-120b: Release Comparison
Comparison of the NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B and gpt-oss-120b releases: 2 and 2 models respectively, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across all 4 models.
- For intelligence, gpt-oss-120b scores highest: gpt-oss-120b (high) at 12, against NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) at 9 for NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B.
- For output speed, gpt-oss-120b is fastest: gpt-oss-120b (high) at 201 t/s, against NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Non-reasoning) at 172 t/s for NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B.
- For cost per task, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is cheapest: NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) at $0.02, against gpt-oss-120b (high) at $0.11 for gpt-oss-120b.
Releases compared
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Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task
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Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better
Further details
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| gpt-oss-120b (high) |  OpenAI | 12 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 18 | $0.11 | $0.2 | $0.15 | $0.595 | $0.125 | $122 | 27k | 15k | 84M | 201 | 0.83s | 10.80s | 13.29s | 132.30s | 117B 5.1B active at inference time | 131k | Aug 2025 | May 2024 | Yes | Supports: text | Supports: text |    +14 | |||
| gpt-oss-120b (low) | OpenAI | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.2 | $0.15 | $0.545 | $0.15 | - | - | - | - | 192 | 0.80s | 11.24s | 13.85s | - | 117B 5.1B active at inference time | 131k | Aug 2025 | May 2025 | Yes | Supports: text | Supports: text |    +14 | |||
| 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 | 130 | 1.23s | 16.60s | 20.44s | 182.76s | 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 | - | - | - | - | - | 172 | 0.95s | 0.95s | 3.85s | - | 31.6B 3.6B active at inference time | 1M | Dec 2025 | - | No | Supports: text | Supports: text | | |||