Granite 4.2 8B vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Prices checked
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B takes 4 of 5 rounds against Granite 4.2 8B. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.09 per million tokens against $0.11.
Granite 4.2 8B
131k context · tool calling · open weights
$0.11/M tokensOpenRouter's own price · 5.1¢ per 1,000 pages
NVIDIAWins 4 roundsNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
262k context · tool calling · open weights
$0.09/M tokensCheapest price, at Vercel AI Gateway · 4.2¢ per 1,000 pages
Maker's price in (lower wins)
$0.06/M
$0.06/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$0.25/M
$0.24/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
none below the maker
$0.09/M at Vercel AI Gateway
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$0.11/M
$0.10/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
5.1¢
4.2¢
Context
131k tokens
262k tokens
Open weights
yes
yes
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
yes
Reads images
no
no
Reasoning
yes
yes
Released
31 Aug 2026
14 Dec 2025
Providers selling it
11
18
Price we measure against
OpenRouter
OpenRouter
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
no provider to check
not published
Providers selling both · 7
TrustedRouter$0.09 / $0.09
Kilo Gateway$0.08 / $0.10
DeepInfra$0.11 / $0.09
Eden AI$0.11 / $0.10
Nous Portal$0.11 / $0.10
OpenRouter$0.11 / $0.10
NanoGPT$0.05 / $0.30
Granite 4.2 8B, then Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B, per million tokens.
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or change the weighting, in the tool.
What moved this week
- 6¢ / $0.25 6¢ / $0.15
- Nous Portal · 30% dearer · 6¢ / $0.25 6¢ / $0.15
- OpenRouter · 30% dearer · 6¢ / $0.25 6¢ / $0.15
Cortecs · 4% cheaper · 6¢ / $0.24 6.3¢ / $0.25- Kilo Gateway · 20% dearer · 6¢ / $0.24 5¢ / $0.20
- NanoGPT · 44% cheaper · 6¢ / 1.5¢ $0.10 / 5¢
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Granite 4.2 8B or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B, at $0.09 per million tokens against $0.11 for Granite 4.2 8B, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 7 Nov 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Granite 4.2 8B: nobody sells it below OpenRouter's own price with a stated reason, so $0.11 is the number to beat. Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: $0.09 at Vercel AI Gateway.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 7 providers sell both: TrustedRouter, Kilo Gateway, DeepInfra, Eden AI, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is TrustedRouter.
- Which holds more context?
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B, at 262k tokens against 131k.
Prices exclude tax, read 7 Nov 2026 from each provider's own catalog. They are per M tokens, blended 3 in : 1 out, and a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.
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