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GPT-4o-mini vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

Detailed technical comparison between GPT-4o-mini (OpenAI) and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Nvidia). Review live API token pricing, context window capabilities, time-to-first-token latency, and verified benchmark scores side-by-side.

⚡ Executive Summary & Verdict

Comparison Snapshot

GPT-4o-mini: 5 WinsvsNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 1 Win
Context Leader

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

262,144 tokens
Agentic Tool-Calling

Tie

Equal Capability
Lowest Latency (TTFT)

Tie

Equal Speed
Input Price Leader

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

$0.05 / MTok
OpenAIactive

GPT-4o-mini

GPT-4o mini is OpenAI's newest model after [GPT-4 Omni](/models/openai/gpt-4o), supporting both text and image inputs with text outputs. As their most advanced small model, it is many multiples more affordable...

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Nvidiaactive

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is a small language MoE model with highest compute efficiency and accuracy for developers to build specialized agentic AI systems. The model is fully...

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Technical Specifications

🏆 = Superior Spec
SpecificationGPT-4o-miniNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
ProviderOpenAINvidia
Context Window128,000 tokens262,144 tokens🏆
Agent Suitability82/100N/A
Time to First Token (TTFT)150 msN/A
Deployment Modelmanaged apimanaged api
Production Stabilitystablestable
API AvailableYesYes
Released Date2024-07-182025-12-14

API Pricing Comparison

Input Price per Million Tokens

GPT-4o-mini

$0.15

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

$0.05

Output Price per Million Tokens

GPT-4o-mini

$0.60

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

$0.20

💡 Cost Ratio: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is 3.0x cheaper per input token than GPT-4o-mini.

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Benchmark Performance Metrics

Standardized Scores (0–100%)

Scores show verified raw accuracy percentages across standardized AI evaluation suites. Higher bars indicate superior performance in that domain.

MMLUGeneral knowledge & multi-task understanding
82.0%vs81.0%+1.0% GPT-4o-mini
GPT-4o-mini 🏆
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
HumanEvalPython coding & logic synthesis
84.0%vs79.2%+4.8% GPT-4o-mini
GPT-4o-mini 🏆
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
MATHComplex mathematical problem solving
70.2%vs56.4%+13.8% GPT-4o-mini
GPT-4o-mini 🏆
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
GPQAGraduate-level expert reasoning
45.0%vs38.4%+6.6% GPT-4o-mini
GPT-4o-mini 🏆
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
HellaSwagCommonsense reasoning and inference
84.7%vs80.6%+4.1% GPT-4o-mini
GPT-4o-mini 🏆
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
MT-BenchMulti-turn conversation flow quality
8.6%vs8.7%+0.1% Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
GPT-4o-mini
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 🏆

GPT-4o-mini Quirks & Gotchas

  • ▸Ultra-low latency — best TTFT in the OpenAI lineup
  • ▸Tool calling limited to single-step — not suitable for complex agentic pipelines

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B Quirks & Gotchas

No developer gotchas reported.

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