AI Recommendation
Should you use Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is listed for chat workloads and supports a 262K context window.
Use it when NVIDIA NIM's free tier is enough for evaluation, demos, or light production traffic.
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B Free API on NVIDIA NIM
Free API VerifiedSmall Nemotron 3 MoE for efficient coding, math, and long-context agents
Free APIOpenAI compatibleReasoningTool callingReasoning
API Details
Copy-ready connection details
Base URL
https://integrate.api.nvidia.com/v1 Model ID
nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b API format OpenAI Chat Completions
Technical Details
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B specifications
Context window 262K
Max output 262K
Status Online
Family nemotron
Released Dec 15, 2025
Last updated Dec 15, 2025
Free listing since Dec 14, 2025
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Capabilities reasoning, tool calling, temperature control
Open weights Yes
Best for
- Chat
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- Long context window
- Reasoning mode listed
- Tool calling support
- Open weights available
Watch outs
- Vision support is not listed
Benchmark Overview
Benchmark signals for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Intelligence General reasoning and instruction following
14.2/100 Coding Programming and code generation
14.4/100 Agentic Tool use and multi-step tasks
2/100 Context Maximum listed context window
262K Pricing
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B pricing per 1M tokens
Input $0 per 1M tokens
Output $0 per 1M tokens
Free access Available NVIDIA NIM
Availability
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B availability by provider
We found 2 provider listings for nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b. Check model ID, quota, pricing, and API format before switching providers.
| Provider | Model listing | Access | Context | API | Limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Free tier | 262K | Native | Varies |
| | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (free) | Free tier | 256K | OpenAI-style | 200 req/day (free tier) |
Compare
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B alternatives to consider
| Model | Provider | Context | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (free) | OpenRouter | 256K | Free tier |
| 01-ai/yi-large | NVIDIA NIM | 131K | Free tier |
| adept/fuyu-8b | NVIDIA NIM | 131K | Free tier |
| ai21labs/jamba-1.5-large-instruct | NVIDIA NIM | 131K | Free tier |
| aisingapore/sea-lion-7b-instruct | NVIDIA NIM | 131K | Free tier |
Typical Use Cases
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B use cases
Chat
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is tagged for chat in this catalog and works with OpenAI-compatible client libraries.
FAQ
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B free API FAQ
Is Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B free to use?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is listed with free API access on NVIDIA NIM, subject to the provider's quota and account policy.
What is the Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B model ID?
The model ID shown in this catalog is nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b.
What context window does Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B support?
The listed context window is 262K tokens with up to 262K output tokens.
More about Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is a Mixture-of-Experts language model with 30B total parameters (3B active), available free on OpenRouter. Designed for highest compute efficiency and accuracy in agentic AI systems. Features a 262K context window — exceptionally long for its size class. Fully open with weights, datasets, and recipes under the NVIDIA Open License for custom deployment. Also available directly on NVIDIA NIM. OpenAI-compatible. Free tier: 200 RPD.
For API keys, setup steps, and provider-level limits, see the NVIDIA NIM provider page.