MiniCPM5-2B vs Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning vs Qwen3.8 Flash Next
Too close to call on our weighted score (Qwen3.8 Flash Next 70, Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning 69, MiniCPM5-2B 53). The right pick depends on what you value most.
OpenBMB
MiniCPM5-2B
53/100- ECI—
- Price$0.124 / $0.743
- Context131K
NVIDIANemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning
69/100- ECI—
- Price$0.25 / $0.85
- Context256K
Alibaba (Qwen)Qwen3.8 Flash Next
70/100- ECI—
- Price$0.20 / $0.50
- Context262K
Too close to call
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (Qwen3.8 Flash Next 70/100, Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning 69/100, MiniCPM5-2B 53/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Qwen3.8 Flash Next on price and Qwen3.8 Flash Next for long inputs. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
- CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
- Lowest priceQwen3.8 Flash NextQwen3.8 Flash Next $0.275 · MiniCPM5-2B $0.279 · Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning $0.40 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextQwen3.8 Flash NextQwen3.8 Flash Next 262,144 · Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning 256,000 · MiniCPM5-2B 131,072 tokens
- Widest inputsNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B ReasoningMiniCPM5-2B: Text · Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning: Text, Images, Audio, Video · Qwen3.8 Flash Next: Text, Images, Video
- Self-hostingAll open weightsEvery model here can be downloaded and run on your own hardware
| Measure | Weight | MiniCPM5-2B | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning | Qwen3.8 Flash Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 50% | 76 | 69 | 76 |
| Inputs & features | 30% | 35 | 90 | 80 |
| Context window | 20% | 24 | 36 | 37 |
| Overall | 100% | 53/100 | 69/100 | 70/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.
| Specification | MiniCPM5-2BOpenBMB | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B ReasoningNVIDIA | Qwen3.8 Flash NextAlibaba (Qwen) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.124 (best) | $0.25 | $0.20 |
| Output | $0.743 | $0.85 | $0.50 (best) |
| Cached input | — | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.279 | $0.40 | $0.275 (best) |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Median of 1 providers | Median of 4 providers | Median of 5 providers |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 131,072 tokens | 256,000 tokens | 262,144 tokens (best) |
| Max output | 131,072 tokens (best) | 65,536 tokens | 131,072 tokens (best) |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | No | Yes | Yes |
| PDFs | No | No | No |
| Audio | No | Yes | No |
| Video | No | Yes | Yes |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | No | Yes | Yes |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Openapache-2.0 | Open | Openqwen-community-1.0 |
| API model ID | — | nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-omni-30b-a3b-reasoning | — |
| API providers | 1 | 8 (best) | 5 |
| Released | Sep 6, 2026 | Apr 28, 2026 | Aug 27, 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | — | — |
What would a month cost?
Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.
- MiniCPM5-2B$2.73
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning$4.20
- Qwen3.8 Flash Next$3.00
Which should you choose?
Which is better: MiniCPM5-2B, Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning or Qwen3.8 Flash Next?
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (Qwen3.8 Flash Next 70/100, Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning 69/100, MiniCPM5-2B 53/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Qwen3.8 Flash Next on price and Qwen3.8 Flash Next for long inputs. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
Which is cheaper, MiniCPM5-2B, Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning or Qwen3.8 Flash Next?
Qwen3.8 Flash Next is cheaper at $0.20 input / $0.50 output per million tokens (median across 5 API providers). MiniCPM5-2B costs $0.124 input / $0.743 output per million tokens (median across 1 API provider); Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning costs $0.25 input / $0.85 output per million tokens (median across 4 API providers; free on Nvidia). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.275 per million tokens for Qwen3.8 Flash Next versus $0.279 for MiniCPM5-2B (1× as much) and $0.40 for Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning (1.5× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. MiniCPM5-2B has not been scored yet, Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning has not been scored yet and Qwen3.8 Flash Next has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for MiniCPM5-2B, Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning and Qwen3.8 Flash Next yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3.8 Flash Next has the largest context window at 262,144 tokens, against 256,000 for Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning and 131,072 for MiniCPM5-2B. Maximum output per response: MiniCPM5-2B up to 131,072, Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning up to 65,536, Qwen3.8 Flash Next up to 131,072 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
MiniCPM5-2B accepts text; Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning accepts text, images, audio and video; Qwen3.8 Flash Next accepts text, images and video. Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Yes, all three publish their weights (apache-2.0 and qwen-community-1.0), so you can self-host them.
Which is newer?
MiniCPM5-2B is the newest, released Sep 6, 2026. Qwen3.8 Flash Next came out Aug 27, 2026; Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning came out Apr 28, 2026.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.
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