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Nemotron 3 Super vs Qwen Drive 1.0 4B

Nemotron 3 Super (NVIDIA) and Qwen Drive 1.0 4B (Qwen) 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 13 September 2026

As of 13 September 2026, Nemotron 3 Super holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#118 vs #120); and Qwen Drive 1.0 4B ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose Nemotron 3 Super if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #118 against #120 (37.7 vs 37.5 points).
  • you want provider choice — 2 listed API providers against 0.

Choose Qwen Drive 1.0 4B if…

  • you want to self-host: Qwen Drive 1.0 4B ships open weights while Nemotron 3 Super is restricted license.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Qwen Drive 1.0 4B was listed 27 August 2026, Nemotron 3 Super 11 March 2026.

Nemotron 3 Super vs Qwen Drive 1.0 4B: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Nemotron 3 Super and Qwen Drive 1.0 4B
FieldNemotron 3 SuperNVIDIAQwen Drive 1.0 4BQwen
ModelCap Index position#118#120
Index score37.737.5
EvidenceMeasuredInherited
Input price / 1M tokens$0.085Unlisted
Output price / 1M tokens$0.40Unlisted
Context window262K tokens— tokens
Max output tokens16K
API providers listed20
Weight accessRestricted licenseOpen weights
Input modalitiesTextText, Image
First listed11 March 202627 August 2026
PublisherNVIDIAQwen

Evidence: 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards · finetune of Qwen/Qwen3.5-4B · finetune (100%). Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Nemotron 3 Super vs Qwen Drive 1.0 4B

Public benchmark boards where Nemotron 3 Super or Qwen Drive 1.0 4B has a published result
BoardNemotron 3 SuperQwen Drive 1.0 4BLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)14081395–1422Only 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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Nemotron 3 Super vs Qwen Drive 1.0 4B: common questions

Is Nemotron 3 Super better than Qwen Drive 1.0 4B?

Nemotron 3 Super ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 13 September 2026: #118 against #120. 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 Qwen Drive 1.0 4B?

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 Qwen Drive 1.0 4B?

Both publish a 262K-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Nemotron 3 Super or Qwen Drive 1.0 4B?

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 Nemotron 3 Super and Qwen Drive 1.0 4B open-weight models?

Nemotron 3 Super: Restricted license. Qwen Drive 1.0 4B: Open weights. 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 Qwen Drive 1.0 4B?

ModelCap currently lists 2 API providers for Nemotron 3 Super and 0 for Qwen Drive 1.0 4B, 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 Qwen Drive 1.0 4B comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 13 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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