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Released April 29, 2026

Nemotron 3 Nano Omni

NVIDIA's Nemotron 3 Nano Omni: a 30B MoE multimodal reasoning model with a 256K context. Unifies text, image, audio, and video with open weights.

Inputs
Text
Audio
Image
Video
Outputs
Text

Model Overview

Capabilities, design details, and architectural traits

Nemotron 3 Nano Omni - NVIDIA omnimodal reasoning model

Nemotron 3 Nano Omni is an NVIDIA open multimodal reasoning model that processes text, images, audio, and video together in a single inference pass. The model is presented as a Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) family member that activates a smaller subset of parameters per forward pass and is released with weights and training recipes.

TraitModel-specific fact
Architecture familyHybrid NemotronH MoE combining Mamba-transformer backbone with specialized encoders for vision and audio (RADIO vision tower and Parakeet sound encoder)
Multimodal scopeNatively accepts and reasons over text, images, audio and video within a shared multimodal context
Context lengthSupports very long context (documented up to 256K tokens)
Deployment & opennessReleased with open weights, training recipes and data (where redistributable); supported for conversion and standard fine-tuning (SFT, LoRA)
Production focusDesigned for agentic and production multimodal workflows, with engineered inference paths and partner-hosted endpoints

Defining technical idea

Nemotron 3 Nano Omni combines a hybrid MoE language backbone with modality-specific encoders so perception and reasoning run inside a single, unified model rather than chaining separate perception and reasoning models. This integration is the model's central differentiator.

Notable operational notes

The release emphasizes open assets (weights and recipes) and multiple deployment paths including cloud partners and on-prem containers, and documents quantization and inference workflows for production use.

Benchmark Performance

Independent evaluations · Artificial Analysis

10.3%
Intelligence
13.8%
Coding Index

Accuracy & Capability Details

GPQA - Graduate Science46.9%
Humanity's Last Exam4.8%
SciCode - Scientific Coding27.8%
Instruction Following63.2%
Long Context Reasoning39.7%
τ²-Bench - Agentic Tasks45.3%
TerminalBench - System Control8.3%

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Model Details
General Info
ProviderNVIDIAAnthropicAnthropic
Release DateApril 29, 2026September 22, 2026September 28, 2026
Knowledge Cutoff--Jun 2026
Context & Limits
Context Window256K
1M
Best Context Window
1M
Best Context Window
Pricing (per 1M tokens)
Input Pricing
$0.30
Best Input Pricing
$4$2
Output Pricing
$0.90
Best Output Pricing
$20$10
Modalities
Inputs
textaudioimagevideo
textimagefile
textimagefile
Outputs
text
text
text
Benchmarks (0-100)
Intelligence Index10.3
57.6
Best Intelligence Index
56.0
Coding Index13.8--
Agentic Index---
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni
Claude Opus 5.5
Claude Sonnet 5.5

Humanity's Last Exam

Extremely difficult logical reasoning and knowledge.

5%
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni
Humanity's Last Exam
Score: 5%
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni
61%
Claude Opus 5.5
Humanity's Last Exam
Score: 61%
Claude Opus 5.5
55%
Claude Sonnet 5.5
Humanity's Last Exam
Score: 55%
Claude Sonnet 5.5

Long Context Reasoning

Logical reasoning over long context windows.

40%
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni
Long Context Reasoning
Score: 40%
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni
85%
Claude Opus 5.5
Long Context Reasoning
Score: 85%
Claude Opus 5.5
83%
Claude Sonnet 5.5
Long Context Reasoning
Score: 83%
Claude Sonnet 5.5

SciCode Benchmark

Scientific coding and mathematical modeling.

28%
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni
SciCode Benchmark
Score: 28%
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni
67%
Claude Opus 5.5
SciCode Benchmark
Score: 67%
Claude Opus 5.5
61%
Claude Sonnet 5.5
SciCode Benchmark
Score: 61%
Claude Sonnet 5.5

Independent evaluation data provided by Artificial Analysis. To view the latest benchmarks and full details, visit their official site.

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