NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Non-reasoning) vs Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high)

Comparing 2 AI models · 5 benchmarks · NVIDIA, Google

Most Affordable
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NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Non-reasoning)
$0.04/1M
Highest Intelligence
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Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high)
90.8% GPQA
Best for Coding
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Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high)
62.3 Coding Index
Price Difference
50.0x
input cost range

Composite Indices

Intelligence, Coding, Math

Standard Benchmarks

Academic and industry benchmarks

Benchmark Winners

5 tests
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NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Non-reasoning)

0

No clear wins

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Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high)

5
  • GPQA
  • MMLU Pro
  • HLE
  • LiveCodeBench
  • AIME 2025
Metric
NVIDIA logo NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Non-reasoning)
NVIDIA
Google logo Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high)
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Pricing
Per 1M tokens
Input Cost $0.04/1M $2.00/1M
Output Cost $0.16/1M $12.00/1M
Blended Cost 3:1 input/output ratio
$0.07/1M $4.50/1M
Specifications
Organization Model creator
NVIDIA Google
Release Date Launch date
Aug 18, 2025 Nov 18, 2025
Performance & Speed
Throughput Output speed
96.4 tok/s 138.9 tok/s
Time to First Token (TTFT) Initial response delay
210ms 26684ms
Latency Time to first answer token
210ms 26684ms
Composite Indices
Intelligence Index Overall reasoning capability
36.1 72.8
Coding Index Programming ability
30.6 62.3
Math Index Mathematical reasoning
62.3 95.7
Standard Benchmarks
GPQA Graduate-level reasoning
55.7% 90.8%
MMLU Pro Advanced knowledge
73.9% 89.8%
HLE Hard language evaluation
4.0% 37.2%
LiveCodeBench Real-world coding tasks
70.1% 91.7%
MATH 500 Mathematical problems
AIME 2025 Advanced math competition
62.3% 95.7%
AIME (Original) Math olympiad problems
SciCode Scientific code generation
20.9% 56.1%
LCR Code review capability
22.7% 70.7%
IFBench Instruction-following
27.1% 70.4%
TAU-bench v2 Tool use & agentic tasks
23.4% 87.1%
TerminalBench Hard CLI command generation
0.7% 39.0%

Key Takeaways

NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Non-reasoning) offers the best value at $0.04/1M, making it ideal for high-volume applications and cost-conscious projects.

Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high) leads in reasoning capabilities with a 90.8% GPQA score, excelling at complex analytical tasks and problem-solving.

Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high) achieves a 62.3 coding index, making it the top choice for software development and code generation tasks.

All models support context windows of ∞+ tokens, suitable for processing lengthy documents and maintaining extended conversations.

When to Choose Each Model

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NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Non-reasoning)

  • Cost-sensitive applications
  • High-volume processing
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Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high)

  • Complex reasoning tasks
  • Research & analysis
  • Code generation
  • Software development

Cost Calculator

NVIDIA logo NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Non-reasoning)
$0.00
per month
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$0.00
per month

Costs are estimates based on API pricing. Actual costs may vary based on caching, batch processing, and volume discounts.

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