Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B
Analysis Summary
Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B is NVIDIA's mixture-of-experts model released March 2026. Its intelligence index of 21.3 places it in the upper-mid tier, and the agentic index of 37.2 is a genuine strength for this class. The IFBench score of 0.80 is particularly high, indicating reliable instruction-following for structured business tasks. GPQA at 75.8% and HLE at 11.4% show strong expert-level reasoning. No coding index is provided, which limits assessment of software engineering capability.
For businesses, this model is well suited to agentic workflows, document processing, and instruction-heavy automation where reliability matters. The high IFBench score makes it a strong candidate for customer-facing content pipelines and structured output generation. Terminal benchmark at 21.2% and tau2 at 53.2% support its agentic credentials.
No pricing data is available, which complicates direct cost comparison. Teams building agentic pipelines or needing reliable instruction following at mid-tier intelligence should evaluate this model seriously, particularly given its strong IFBench performance relative to its intelligence tier.
Assessed June 30, 2026
Editorial notes
Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B from NVIDIA delivers a 21.3 intelligence index, strong agentic performance at 37.2, and a standout IFBench score of 0.80, making it a capable mid-tier model for instruction-following and agentic business workflows.
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Performance Profile
How Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B compares
Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B ranks #128 of 385 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #124 of 293 for agentic tasks. Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B is currently free to use via OpenRouter.
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Model Information
| Provider | NVIDIA |
| Release Date | March 19, 2026 |
| Status | Active |
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Frequently asked questions about Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B
How much does Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B cost?
Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B is currently available for free via OpenRouter.
Who created Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B?
Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B is developed by NVIDIA and was released on March 19, 2026.
