Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) vs Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct
Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) and Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct are closely matched at 21.0 and 20.3 on the LLM Stats Score.
NVIDIA · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) and Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 21.0 and 20.3.
In the 6 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) wins 4; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.
Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.
Choose Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)
- you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 4 of 6 exact shared results
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Dec 2025
Choose Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct
- you are already invested in the Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team ecosystem
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Capability indexes
Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks
Individual benchmarks
15 reported for Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) · 45 for Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct
Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) outperforms in 4 benchmarks (AIME 2025, Arena-Hard v2, GPQA, LiveCodeBench v6), while Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct is better at 2 benchmarks (MMLU-Pro, MMLU-ProX).
Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.
Human preference
Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct has 1.0B more parameters than Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B), making it 3.1% larger.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) specifies input context (262,144 tokens). Only Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) specifies output context (262,144 tokens).
Input capabilities
Documented input modalities across available providers
Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) does not.
Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)
Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct
License
Usage and distribution terms
Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) is licensed under NVIDIA Open Model License Agreement , while Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
NVIDIA Open Model License Agreement
Open weights
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) was released on 2025-12-15, while Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct was released on 2025-09-22.
Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) is 3 months newer than Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct.
Dec 15, 2025
9 months ago
2mo newerSep 22, 2025
12 months ago
Knowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-11-28, while Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct'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 Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct's cutoff date.
Nov 2025
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Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) and Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) vs Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct.