NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free)
Analysis Summary
NVIDIA's Nemotron 3 Nano Omni is a free multimodal model with a 256K context window, accepting text, images, audio, and video. It also lists tool use and function calling. Its measured intelligence and coding capability are low, while instruction-following and long-context results are comparatively more encouraging within its own profile. This makes it a broad-input utility model, not a strong choice for demanding reasoning.
The free access and multiple input modalities can make it useful for prototyping media ingestion, lightweight extraction, or routing tasks. Tool support enables integration experiments, but the weak coding and reasoning results call for simple task boundaries and output checks. Do not assume that its large context window guarantees reliable analysis across long inputs.
Use it where zero listed model cost and multimodal intake are valuable, and test each modality on representative material. Route high-stakes decisions, sophisticated writing, and complex agent work to a stronger benchmarked model.
Assessed September 23, 2026
Editorial notes
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni is free and supports image, audio, and video input, tools, and function calling with a 256K context window; its measured reasoning and coding results are limited.
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DFO Verdict
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni is free and supports image, audio, and video input, tools, and function calling with a 256K context window; its measured reasoning and coding results are limited.
Benchmarks
Artificial Analysis data refreshed Oct 15, 2026. Arena ratings from the Oct 13, 2026 text leaderboard, with style control. Bars: magenta = reasoning, ink = coding and agents, cyan = instructions and long context.
How NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free) compares
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free) ranks #226 of 439 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #160 of 198 for coding. Its 256K-token context window is larger than 60% of the models we list. NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free) is currently free to use via OpenRouter.
Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.
1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
About NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free)
NVIDIA Nemotron™ 3 Nano Omni is a 30B-A3B open multimodal model designed to function as a perception and context sub-agent in enterprise agent systems. It accepts text, image, video, and..
Frequently asked questions about NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free)
How much does NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free) cost?
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free) is currently available for free via OpenRouter.
What is the context window of NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free)?
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free) has a context window of 256,000 tokens (256K).
Is NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free) good for coding?
On our coding benchmark index, NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free) ranks #160 of 198 models, placing it in the broader range of the field for code generation and debugging.
What can NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free) do?
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free) supports image/vision input, tool use, and function calling.
Who created NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free)?
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free) is developed by NVIDIA and was released on April 28, 2026.