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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)

Claude Haiku 4.5 and Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) are closely matched at 25.7 and 21.2 on the LLM Stats Score. Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) is 19.0x cheaper per token.

Anthropic · NVIDIA · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude Haiku 4.5 and Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 25.7 and 21.2.

In the 7 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Claude Haiku 4.5 wins 5; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

On price, Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) is roughly 19.0x cheaper per token on a blended 3:1 input/output basis, which adds up quickly at production volume.

Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) also accepts a larger context window (262,144 input tokens), making it the stronger choice for long documents and large codebases.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Claude Haiku 4.5

  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 5 of 7 exact shared results

Choose Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)

  • cost matters — it's about 19.0x cheaper per token
  • you process long inputs — it offers a 262,144 token context window
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Dec 2025
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude Haiku 4.5
Anthropic
Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)
NVIDIA
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
25.7
#146
21.2
#180
Reasoning
25.4
#142
19.9
#185
Coding
19.8
#95
0.9
#229
Agents
14.0
#84
-6.7
#171
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
5 of 7
2 of 7
Input price
$1.00 / M
$0.06 / M
Output price
$5.00 / M
$0.24 / M
Context window
200,000
262,144

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

3 shared
Index
Claude Haiku 4.5
Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)
Math
15.2#208
22.4#133
Tool use
16.7#79
-1.3#172
Writing
20.3#17
2.9#94
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

12 reported for Claude Haiku 4.5 · 15 for Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)

7 shared

Claude Haiku 4.5 outperforms in 5 benchmarks (SWE-Bench Verified, Tau2 Airline, Tau2 Retail, Tau2 Telecom, Terminal-Bench), while Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) is better at 2 benchmarks (AIME 2025, GPQA).

Claude Haiku 4.5 shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

Fri Sep 04 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) costs less

For input processing, Claude Haiku 4.5 ($1.00/1M tokens) is 16.7x more expensive than Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) ($0.06/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude Haiku 4.5 ($5.00/1M tokens) is 20.8x more expensive than Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) ($0.24/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude Haiku 4.5 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
Fri Sep 04 2026 • llm-stats.com
Anthropic
Claude Haiku 4.5
Input tokens$1.00
Output tokens$5.00
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 Haiku 4.5's 200,000 tokens. Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) can generate longer responses up to 262,144 tokens, while Claude Haiku 4.5 is limited to 64,000 tokens.

Anthropic
Claude Haiku 4.5
Input200,000 tokens
Output64,000 tokens
NVIDIA
Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)
Input262,144 tokens
Output262,144 tokens
Fri Sep 04 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Claude Haiku 4.5 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) does not.

Claude Haiku 4.5 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude Haiku 4.5

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Haiku 4.5 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 Haiku 4.5

Proprietary

Closed source

Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)

NVIDIA Open Model License Agreement

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Haiku 4.5 was released on 2025-10-15, while Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) was released on 2025-12-15.

Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) is 2 months newer than Claude Haiku 4.5.

Claude Haiku 4.5

Oct 15, 2025

10 months ago

Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)

Dec 15, 2025

8 months ago

2mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Claude Haiku 4.5 has a knowledge cutoff of 2025-02-01, while Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) has a cutoff of 2025-11-28.

Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) has more recent training data (up to 2025-11-28), making it potentially better informed about events through that date compared to Claude Haiku 4.5 (2025-02-01).

Claude Haiku 4.5

Feb 2025

Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)

Nov 2025

9 mo newer

Provider Availability

Claude Haiku 4.5 is available from Anthropic, Vertex AI. Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) is available from DeepInfra.

Claude Haiku 4.5

anthropic logo
Anthropic
Input Price:Input: $1.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $5.00/1M
vertex logo
Unknown Organization
Input Price:Input: $1.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $5.00/1M

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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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude Haiku 4.5 and Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude Haiku 4.5
✓ Preferred
Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B).

Which is better, Claude Haiku 4.5 or Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)?

Claude Haiku 4.5 and Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at 25.7 and 21.2. Claude Haiku 4.5 is made by Anthropic and Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) is made by NVIDIA. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Claude Haiku 4.5 compare to Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) in benchmarks?

Claude Haiku 4.5 scores Tau2 Retail: 83.2%, MMMLU: 83.0%, Tau2 Telecom: 83.0%, AIME 2025: 80.7%, SWE-Bench Verified: 73.3%. Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) scores AIME 2025: 99.2%, WMT24++: 86.2%, MMLU-Pro: 78.3%, GPQA: 75.0%, LiveCodeBench v6: 68.3%.

Is Claude Haiku 4.5 cheaper than Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)?

Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) is 16.7x cheaper for input tokens. Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $1.00/M input and $5.00/M output via anthropic. Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) costs $0.06/M input and $0.24/M output via deepinfra.

What are the context window sizes for Claude Haiku 4.5 and Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)?

Claude Haiku 4.5 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.

What are the main differences between Claude Haiku 4.5 and Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (25.7 vs 21.2), context window (200K vs 262K), input pricing ($1.00 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.

Who makes Claude Haiku 4.5 and Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)?

Claude Haiku 4.5 is developed by Anthropic and Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) is developed by NVIDIA.

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