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Ising Calibration 1 35B A3B vs Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct

Ising Calibration 1 35B A3B (NVIDIA) and Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct (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 #130).

Which should you choose?

Choose Ising Calibration 1 35B A3B if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #83 against #130 (46.8 vs 30.7 points).
  • you want the more recently listed model — Ising Calibration 1 35B A3B was listed 30 March 2026, Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct 14 January 2026.

Choose Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct if…

  • ModelCap publishes no field on which Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct leads Ising Calibration 1 35B A3B for this pair.

Ising Calibration 1 35B A3B vs Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Ising Calibration 1 35B A3B and Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct
FieldIsing Calibration 1 35B A3BNVIDIANemotron Research GooseReason 4B InstructNVIDIA
ModelCap Index position#83#130
Index score46.830.7
EvidenceInheritedInherited
Input price / 1M tokensUnlistedUnlisted
Output price / 1M tokensUnlistedUnlisted
Context window— tokens— tokens
Max output tokens
API providers listed00
Weight accessRestricted licenseRestricted license
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
First listed30 March 202614 January 2026
PublisherNVIDIANVIDIA

Evidence: finetune of qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b · finetune (100%) · finetune of Qwen/Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507 · finetune (100%). Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Ising Calibration 1 35B A3B vs Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct

Neither model has a published result on a public benchmark board ModelCap tracks yet.

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 Research GooseReason 4B Instruct: common questions

Is Ising Calibration 1 35B A3B better than Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct?

Ising Calibration 1 35B A3B ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 9 September 2026: #83 against #130. 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 overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is Ising Calibration 1 35B A3B cheaper than Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct?

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 Research GooseReason 4B Instruct?

Both publish a —-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Ising Calibration 1 35B A3B or Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct?

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 Research GooseReason 4B Instruct open-weight models?

Ising Calibration 1 35B A3B: Restricted license. Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct: 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 Research GooseReason 4B Instruct?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for Ising Calibration 1 35B A3B and 0 for Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct, 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 Research GooseReason 4B Instruct 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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