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Ising Calibration 1 35B A3B vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

Ising Calibration 1 35B A3B (NVIDIA) and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (NVIDIA) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 9 September 2026

As of 9 September 2026, Ising Calibration 1 35B A3B holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#83 vs #143).

Which should you choose?

Choose Ising Calibration 1 35B A3B if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #83 against #143 (46.8 vs 23.5 points).
  • you want the more recently listed model — Ising Calibration 1 35B A3B was listed 30 March 2026, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 14 December 2025.

Choose Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B if…

  • you want provider choice — 4 listed API providers against 0.

Ising Calibration 1 35B A3B vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Ising Calibration 1 35B A3B and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
FieldIsing Calibration 1 35B A3BNVIDIANemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNVIDIA
ModelCap Index position#83#143
Index score46.823.5
EvidenceInheritedMeasured
Input price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.05
Output price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.20
Context window— tokens262K tokens
Max output tokens236K
API providers listed04
Weight accessRestricted licenseRestricted license
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
First listed30 March 202614 December 2025
PublisherNVIDIANVIDIA

Evidence: finetune of qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b · finetune (100%) · 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Ising Calibration 1 35B A3B vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

Public benchmark boards where Ising Calibration 1 35B A3B or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has a published result
BoardIsing Calibration 1 35B A3BNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)13611350–1371BF16Only one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Ising Calibration 1 35B A3B vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: common questions

Is Ising Calibration 1 35B A3B better than Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?

Ising Calibration 1 35B A3B ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 9 September 2026: #83 against #143. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it. Their published uncertainty intervals do not overlap, but the aggregate Index does not predict performance on every task; compare the relevant benchmark configurations before choosing.

Is Ising Calibration 1 35B A3B cheaper than Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, Ising Calibration 1 35B A3B or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?

Both publish a —-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Ising Calibration 1 35B A3B or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are Ising Calibration 1 35B A3B and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B open-weight models?

Ising Calibration 1 35B A3B: Restricted license. Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: Restricted license. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Ising Calibration 1 35B A3B and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for Ising Calibration 1 35B A3B and 4 for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Ising Calibration 1 35B A3B vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 9 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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