Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning vs Qwen3.6 27B vs Trinity Large Thinking
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning comes out ahead, 69 to 56 and 55 on our weighted score.
- Our pick
NVIDIA
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning
69/100- ECI—
- Price$0.25 / $0.85
- Context256K
Alibaba (Qwen)
Qwen3.6 27B
56/100- ECI146.5
- Price$0.60 / $3.60
- Context262K
Arcee AI
Trinity Large Thinking
55/100- ECI—
- Price$0.25 / $0.80
- Context524K
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning is our pick
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning is the better all-round choice, scoring 69/100 against Qwen3.6 27B (56) and Trinity Large Thinking (55). Trinity Large Thinking wins on context window. 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 priceTrinity Large ThinkingTrinity Large Thinking $0.388 · Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning $0.40 · Qwen3.6 27B $1.35 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextTrinity Large ThinkingTrinity Large Thinking 524,288 · Qwen3.6 27B 262,144 · Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning 256,000 tokens
- Widest inputsNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning and Qwen3.6 27BNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning: Text, Images, Audio, Video · Qwen3.6 27B: Text, Images, Audio, Video · Trinity Large Thinking: Text
- Self-hostingAll open weightsEvery model here can be downloaded and run on your own hardware
| Measure | Weight | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning | Qwen3.6 27B | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 50% | 69 | 44 | 69 |
| Inputs & features | 30% | 90 | 90 | 35 |
| Context window | 20% | 36 | 37 | 49 |
| Overall | 100% | 69/100 | 56/100 | 55/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | 146.5 | — |
| ECI rank | — | #68 of 148 | — |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | — | 85.9% | — |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics | — | 35.1% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | — | 91.1% | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.25 (best) | $0.60 | $0.25 (best) |
| Output | $0.85 | $3.60 | $0.80 (best) |
| Cached input | — | — | $0.06 |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.40 | $1.35 | $0.388 (best) |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Median of 4 providers | Official Alibaba API | Official Arcee API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 256,000 tokens | 262,144 tokens | 524,288 tokens (best) |
| Max output | 65,536 tokens | 65,536 tokens | 262,144 tokens (best) |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | No |
| PDFs | No | No | No |
| Audio | Yes | Yes | No |
| Video | Yes | Yes | No |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | Yes | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Open | Open | OpenOpenMDW-1.1 |
| API model ID | nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-omni-30b-a3b-reasoning | qwen3.6-27b | trinity-large-thinking |
| API providers | 8 | 27 (best) | 6 |
| Released | Apr 28, 2026 | Apr 22, 2026 | Apr 1, 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.
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning$4.20
Qwen3.6 27B$13.20
Trinity Large Thinking$4.10
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning, Qwen3.6 27B or Trinity Large Thinking?
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning is the better all-round choice, scoring 69/100 against Qwen3.6 27B (56) and Trinity Large Thinking (55). Trinity Large Thinking wins on context window. 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, Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning, Qwen3.6 27B or Trinity Large Thinking?
Trinity Large Thinking is cheaper at $0.25 input / $0.80 output per million tokens (official Arcee API price). 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); Qwen3.6 27B costs $0.60 input / $3.60 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.388 per million tokens for Trinity Large Thinking versus $0.40 for Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning (1× as much) and $1.35 for Qwen3.6 27B (3.5× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning has not been scored yet, Qwen3.6 27B has an ECI of 146.5 and Trinity Large Thinking has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning, Qwen3.6 27B and Trinity Large Thinking 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?
Trinity Large Thinking has the largest context window at 524,288 tokens, against 262,144 for Qwen3.6 27B and 256,000 for Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning. Maximum output per response: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning up to 65,536, Qwen3.6 27B up to 65,536, Trinity Large Thinking up to 262,144 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning accepts text, images, audio and video; Qwen3.6 27B accepts text, images, audio and video; Trinity Large Thinking accepts text. 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 (OpenMDW-1.1), so you can self-host them.
Which is newer?
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning is the newest, released Apr 28, 2026. Qwen3.6 27B came out Apr 22, 2026; Trinity Large Thinking came out Apr 1, 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.