Qwen3.6 35B A3B vs NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: Release Comparison

Comparison of the Qwen3.6 35B A3B and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 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, Qwen3.6 35B A3B scores highest: Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning) at 18, 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 179 t/s, against Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Non-reasoning) at 131 t/s for Qwen3.6 35B A3B.
  • For cost per task, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is cheapest: NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) at $0.02, against Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning) at $0.48 for Qwen3.6 35B A3B.

Releases compared

Intelligence

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3.2 incorporates 10 evaluations: AA-Briefcase v1.1, GDPval-AA v2.1, AutomationBench-AA, Terminal-Bench 4.0, 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 per Task (USD, Log Scale)

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 Indexes

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

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

Strategy & Ops Index

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

Legal Index

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

Healthcare & Medical Index

Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, 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 v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better

Economics Index

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

Input modality
Output modality
Weights
Provider Benchmarks
Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning)
Alibaba logoAlibaba
18
18
13
21
-
22
29
$0.48
$0.6
$0.375
$2.25
-
$896
35k
13k
161M
116
2.18s
48.54s
52.84s
291.30s
36B
3B active at inference time
262k
Apr 2026
-
Yes

Supports: text and image

Supports: text

Alibaba CloudSiliconFlowScaleway
+4
Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Non-reasoning)
Alibaba logoAlibaba
15
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$0.6
$0.375
$2.25
-
-
-
-
-
131
2.19s
2.19s
6.00s
-
36B
3B active at inference time
262k
Apr 2026
-
No

Supports: text, image, and video

Supports: text

ScalewayDeepInfraNovita
+3
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)
NVIDIA logoNVIDIA
9
9
6
10
-
13
15
$0.02
$0.1
$0.05
$0.20
-
$64
27k
24k
178M
134
1.23s
16.20s
19.94s
181.14s
31.6B
3.6B active at inference time
1M
Dec 2025
-
Yes

Supports: text

Supports: text

NebiusNovitaDeepInfra
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Non-reasoning)
NVIDIA logoNVIDIA
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$0.1
$0.05
$0.20
-
-
-
-
-
179
0.95s
0.95s
3.74s
-
31.6B
3.6B active at inference time
1M
Dec 2025
-
No

Supports: text

Supports: text

NovitaDeepInfra