Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) vs Qwen3.5-9B Comparison
Comparing Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) and Qwen3.5-9B across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) outperforms in 2 benchmarks (LiveCodeBench v6, WMT24++), while Qwen3.5-9B is better at 3 benchmarks (GPQA, MMLU-Pro, MMLU-ProX).
Qwen3.5-9B has a slight edge in benchmark performance.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
Cost data unavailable.
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) has 23.0B more parameters than Qwen3.5-9B, making it 255.6% 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
Supported data types and modalities
Qwen3.5-9B supports multimodal inputs, whereas Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) does not.
Qwen3.5-9B can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)
Qwen3.5-9B
License
Usage and distribution terms
Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) is licensed under NVIDIA Open Model License Agreement , while Qwen3.5-9B 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 Qwen3.5-9B was released on 2026-03-02.
Qwen3.5-9B is 3 months newer than Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B).
Dec 15, 2025
2 months ago
Mar 2, 2026
1 weeks ago
2mo newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-11-28, while Qwen3.5-9B'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 Qwen3.5-9B's cutoff date.
Nov 2025
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Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
Qwen3.5-9B
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Detailed Comparison
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