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Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B vs Qwen3 Coder Next

Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B (NVIDIA) and Qwen3 Coder Next (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 9 September 2026

As of 9 September 2026, Qwen3 Coder Next holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#105 vs #108); and Qwen3 Coder Next ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B if…

  • AA Humanity's Last Exam is your yardstick — 12.0% against 10.1%.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B was listed 18 March 2026, Qwen3 Coder Next 4 February 2026.

Choose Qwen3 Coder Next if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #105 against #108 (39.3 vs 38.4 points).
  • you want to self-host: Qwen3 Coder Next ships open weights while Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B is restricted license.
  • you want provider choice — 4 listed API providers against 0.
  • AA Terminal-Bench 2.1 is your yardstick — 38.2% against 20.6%.
  • AA τ²-Bench Telecom is your yardstick — 79.5% against 53.2%.

Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B vs Qwen3 Coder Next: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B and Qwen3 Coder Next
FieldNemotron Cascade 2 30B A3BNVIDIAQwen3 Coder NextQwen
ModelCap Index position#108#105
Index score38.439.3
EvidenceEstimatedMeasured
Input price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.12
Output price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.80
Context window— tokens262K tokens
Max output tokens—236K
API providers listed04
Weight accessRestricted licenseOpen weights
Input modalitiesTextText
First listed18 March 20264 February 2026
PublisherNVIDIAQwen

Evidence: 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 · 1 public benchmark observation across 1 board. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B vs Qwen3 Coder Next

Public benchmark boards where Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B or Qwen3 Coder Next has a published result
BoardNemotron Cascade 2 30B A3BQwen3 Coder NextLeads
AA Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis—10.1intelligence-index:v4.3:non-reasoningOnly one result
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1Artificial Analysis20.6%terminal-bench:2.1:terminus-2:e2b:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B":reasoning=true38.2%terminal-bench:2.1:terminus-2:e2b:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Qwen3 Coder Next":reasoning=falseQwen3 Coder Next
AA τ²-Bench TelecomArtificial Analysis53.2%tau2:telecom:dual-control:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B":reasoning=true79.5%tau2:telecom:dual-control:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Qwen3 Coder Next":reasoning=falseQwen3 Coder Next
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis12.0%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B":reasoning=true10.1%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="Qwen3 Coder Next":reasoning=falseNemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B

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 Cascade 2 30B A3B vs Qwen3 Coder Next: common questions

Is Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B better than Qwen3 Coder Next?

Qwen3 Coder Next ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 9 September 2026: #105 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 Cascade 2 30B A3B cheaper than Qwen3 Coder Next?

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 Cascade 2 30B A3B or Qwen3 Coder Next?

Both publish a —-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B or Qwen3 Coder Next?

AA Terminal-Bench 2.1: Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B 20.6%, Qwen3 Coder Next 38.2% — Qwen3 Coder Next leads.

Are Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B and Qwen3 Coder Next open-weight models?

Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B: Restricted license. Qwen3 Coder Next: 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 Cascade 2 30B A3B and Qwen3 Coder Next?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B and 4 for Qwen3 Coder Next, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B vs Qwen3 Coder Next 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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