NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free)

NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free)

nvidia · Released Apr 28, 2026
Intelligence #560 / 715
24.6 our score
Speed #11 / 321
322.6 tok/s
Input Price
Not priced
Output Price
Not priced
Context #283 / 717
256,000 tokens

Analysis Summary

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano Omni offers zero-cost inference across text, vision, audio, and video inputs. It provides a 256K context window alongside function calling support.

Measured benchmark performance indicates constrained core reasoning and coding ability. It operates best as a fast intake filter or multimedia parser rather than an autonomous decision maker.

Deploy this free model for high-volume audio-visual ingestion tasks where complex logical inference is not required.

Assessed August 9, 2026

Editorial notes

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano Omni is a free multimodal model supporting text, vision, audio, and video inputs with a 256K context window.

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DFO Verdict

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano Omni is a free multimodal model supporting text, vision, audio, and video inputs with a 256K context window.

#560 of 715 overall Down 11 this week

Benchmark scores

GPQA Diamond 46.9%
HLE 5.3%
SciCode 27.8%
TerminalBench Hard 8.3%
τ²-Bench 45.3%
IFBench 63.2%
LCR 35.7%

Magenta = intelligence · Ink = technical/agentic · Cyan = content & long-context · Grey = community benchmarks. Data: Artificial Analysis, Hugging Face.

15 Intelligence Index·13.8 Coding Index

How NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free) compares

NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free) ranks #215 of 428 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #162 of 201 for coding. Its 256K-token context window is larger than 61% of the models we list. NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free) is currently free to use via OpenRouter.

Position in the field
Intelligence: smarter than 22% of models #560
Speed: faster than 97% of models #11
Context: larger than 61% of models #283
worst in fieldmedianbest in field
Price vs frontier peers · $ per 1M tokens
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free) $0.00 in $0.00 out
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol $2.00 in $10.00 out
Claude Opus 5 $5.00 in $25.00 out
SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6 $2.00 in $6.00 out

Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.

Context window vs peers · tokens
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free) 256K

1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.

Intelligence2.3Technical1.9Value0Content4.5
Performance profile

Strongest on business fit. The pulled-in value corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.

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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 #162 of 201 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.

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