Model Comparison

Claude 3 Opus vs Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)

Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) is 285.7x cheaper per token.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

Claude 3 Opus outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) is better at 2 benchmarks (GPQA, MMLU-Pro).

Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) costs less

For input processing, Claude 3 Opus ($15.00/1M tokens) is 250.0x more expensive than Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) ($0.06/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude 3 Opus ($75.00/1M tokens) is 312.5x more expensive than Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) ($0.24/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude 3 Opus is more expensive than Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B).*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers
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Anthropic
Claude 3 Opus
Input tokens$15.00
Output tokens$75.00
Best providerAnthropic
NVIDIA
Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)
Input tokens$0.06
Output tokens$0.24
Best providerDeepinfra
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) accepts 262,144 input tokens compared to Claude 3 Opus's 200,000 tokens. Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) can generate longer responses up to 262,144 tokens, while Claude 3 Opus is limited to 200,000 tokens.

Anthropic
Claude 3 Opus
Input200,000 tokens
Output200,000 tokens
NVIDIA
Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)
Input262,144 tokens
Output262,144 tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Claude 3 Opus supports multimodal inputs, whereas Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) does not.

Claude 3 Opus can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude 3 Opus

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3 Opus is licensed under a proprietary license, while Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) uses NVIDIA Open Model License Agreement .

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Claude 3 Opus

Proprietary

Closed source

Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)

NVIDIA Open Model License Agreement

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3 Opus was released on 2024-02-29, while Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) was released on 2025-12-15.

Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) is 22 months newer than Claude 3 Opus.

Claude 3 Opus

Feb 29, 2024

2.1 years ago

Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)

Dec 15, 2025

4 months ago

1.8yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-11-28, while Claude 3 Opus's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)'s training data extends to 2025-11-28, but cannot make a direct comparison without Claude 3 Opus's cutoff date.

Claude 3 Opus

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Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)

Nov 2025

Provider Availability

Claude 3 Opus is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) is available from DeepInfra.

Claude 3 Opus

anthropic logo
Anthropic
Input Price:Input: $15.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $75.00/1M
bedrock logo
AWS Bedrock
Input Price:Input: $15.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $75.00/1M
google logo
Google
Input Price:Input: $15.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $75.00/1M

Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)

deepinfra logo
Deepinfra
Input Price:Input: $0.06/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.24/1M
* Prices shown are per million tokens

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Anthropic
Supports multimodal inputs
NVIDIA
Larger context window (262,144 tokens)
Less expensive input tokens
Less expensive output tokens
Has open weights
Higher GPQA score (75.0% vs 50.4%)
Higher MMLU-Pro score (78.3% vs 68.5%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Anthropic
Claude 3 Opus
NVIDIA
Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)

FAQ

Common questions about Claude 3 Opus vs Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)

Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Claude 3 Opus is made by Anthropic and Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) is made by NVIDIA. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Claude 3 Opus scores ARC-C: 96.4%, HellaSwag: 95.4%, GSM8k: 95.0%, MGSM: 90.7%, BIG-Bench Hard: 86.8%. Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) scores AIME 2025: 99.2%, WMT24++: 86.2%, MMLU-Pro: 78.3%, GPQA: 75.0%, LiveCodeBench v6: 68.3%.
Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) is 250.0x cheaper for input tokens. Claude 3 Opus costs $15.00/M input and $75.00/M output via anthropic. Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) costs $0.06/M input and $0.24/M output via deepinfra.
Claude 3 Opus supports 200K tokens and Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) supports 262K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include context window (200K vs 262K), input pricing ($15.00 vs $0.06/M), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs NVIDIA Open Model License Agreement ). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Claude 3 Opus is developed by Anthropic and Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) is developed by NVIDIA.