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Nemotron 3 Super vs Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B

Nemotron 3 Super (NVIDIA) and Nemotron Cascade 2 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, Nemotron 3 Super holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#107 vs #108).

Which should you choose?

Choose Nemotron 3 Super if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #107 against #108 (38.9 vs 38.4 points).
  • you want provider choice — 1 listed API providers against 0.
  • AA Terminal-Bench 2.1 is your yardstick — 38.6% against 20.6%.
  • AA τ²-Bench Telecom is your yardstick — 67.8% against 53.2%.
  • AA Humanity's Last Exam is your yardstick — 20.8% against 12.0%.

Choose Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B if…

  • you want the more recently listed model — Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B was listed 18 March 2026, Nemotron 3 Super 11 March 2026.

Nemotron 3 Super vs Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Nemotron 3 Super and Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B
FieldNemotron 3 SuperNVIDIANemotron Cascade 2 30B A3BNVIDIA
ModelCap Index position#107#108
Index score38.938.4
EvidenceMeasuredEstimated
Input price / 1M tokens$0.085Unlisted
Output price / 1M tokens$0.40Unlisted
Context window262K tokens— tokens
Max output tokens16K—
API providers listed10
Weight accessRestricted licenseRestricted license
Input modalitiesTextText
First listed11 March 202618 March 2026
PublisherNVIDIANVIDIA

Evidence: 3 public benchmark observations across 3 boards · publisher-corpus-prior over 182 held-out anchors (57%); launch card against 3 resolved peers on 11 rows (43%); exceeds every named peer on 3 of 11 rows; optimism haircut 0 from cross-lab-probe; shrunk 4.9 up toward the measured corpus. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Nemotron 3 Super vs Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B

Public benchmark boards where Nemotron 3 Super or Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B has a published result
BoardNemotron 3 SuperNemotron Cascade 2 30B A3BLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)14091395–1422—Only one result
AA Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis13.6intelligence-index:v4.3:reasoning-unspecified—Only one result
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1Artificial Analysis38.6%terminal-bench:2.1:terminus-2:e2b:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Nemotron 3 Super":reasoning=true20.6%terminal-bench:2.1:terminus-2:e2b:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B":reasoning=trueNemotron 3 Super
AA τ²-Bench TelecomArtificial Analysis67.8%tau2:telecom:dual-control:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Nemotron 3 Super":reasoning=true53.2%tau2:telecom:dual-control:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B":reasoning=trueNemotron 3 Super
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis20.8%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="Nemotron 3 Super":reasoning=true12.0%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B":reasoning=trueNemotron 3 Super

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

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Nemotron 3 Super vs Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B: common questions

Is Nemotron 3 Super better than Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B?

Nemotron 3 Super ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 9 September 2026: #107 against #108. 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 Nemotron 3 Super cheaper than Nemotron Cascade 2 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, Nemotron 3 Super or Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B?

Both publish a 262K-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Nemotron 3 Super or Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B?

AA Terminal-Bench 2.1: Nemotron 3 Super 38.6%, Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B 20.6% — Nemotron 3 Super leads.

Are Nemotron 3 Super and Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B open-weight models?

Nemotron 3 Super: Restricted license. Nemotron Cascade 2 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 Nemotron 3 Super and Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B?

ModelCap currently lists 1 API provider for Nemotron 3 Super and 0 for Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Nemotron 3 Super vs Nemotron Cascade 2 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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