Claude 3 Sonnet vs Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) Comparison

Comparing Claude 3 Sonnet and Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

Claude 3 Sonnet 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 Sonnet ($3.00/1M tokens) is 50.0x more expensive than Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) ($0.06/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude 3 Sonnet ($15.00/1M tokens) is 62.5x more expensive than Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) ($0.24/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude 3 Sonnet 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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Claude 3 Sonnet

Input tokens$3.00

Output tokens$15.00

Best providerAnthropic

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

Claude 3 Sonnet

Input200,000 tokens

Output200,000 tokens

Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)

Input262,144 tokens

Output262,144 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

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

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

Claude 3 Sonnet

Text

Images

Audio

Video

Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3 Sonnet 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 Sonnet

Proprietary

Closed source

Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)

NVIDIA Open Model License Agreement

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3 Sonnet 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 Sonnet.

Claude 3 Sonnet

Feb 29, 2024

2.0 years ago

Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)

Dec 15, 2025

3 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 Sonnet'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 Sonnet's cutoff date.

Claude 3 Sonnet

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Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)

Nov 2025

Provider Availability

Claude 3 Sonnet is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) is available from DeepInfra. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.