ERNIE 5.1 vs NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16

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Pricing and Limits
Input priceFrom · USD / 1M tokensNot reported$0.050Openrouter · Aug 29, 2026
Output priceFrom · USD / 1M tokensNot reported$0.20Openrouter · Aug 29, 2026
Context windowMaximum documented tokens131K262K
Model facts checkedAug 29, 2026View model evidence →Aug 28, 2026View model evidence →

Token prices are the lowest available sourced USD rates; input and output may use different providers. Cost ranking estimates output spend on LiveBench, not a full request bill. Ranking methodology →

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BenchmarkERNIE 5.1NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-30B-A3B-BF16
LMArena Text Arenatext-2026-09-13-d25aabda0010 · arena_rating · leader1,468.20100% of row best · rating · ernie-5.1; 95% CI [1463.57689002, 1472.81364850]; votes 37058; rank 281,348.4492% of row best · rating · nvidia-nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b-bf16; 95% CI [1342.98546755, 1353.88978012]; votes 15325; rank 195
Overall ResultCounted from the protocol-matched rows above1 benchmark winNo overall winner0 benchmark winsNo overall winner

Third-party benchmark Only like-for-like primary-publisher results are shown; raw scores, relative scores, configuration, and token spend remain visible.

Side-by-Side Facts

FieldERNIE 5.1NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-30B-A3B-BF16
DeveloperBaiduNVIDIA
FamilyErnie 5Nvidia Nemotron 3 Nano 30b A3b Bf16
ModelERNIE 5.1NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-30B-A3B-BF16
VersionERNIE 5.1NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-30B-A3B-BF16
Lifecycleactiveactive
ReleasedUnknown2025-12-15
Knowledge cutoffUnknown2025-11-28
Input modalitiesTextText
Output modalitiesTextText
Context window131K262K
Total parametersUnknown31.6B
Active parametersUnknown3.5B
LicenseUnknownother
Open weightsNoYes
API availableYesYes
Self-hostableNoYes
Provider accessBaidu Qianfan (Standard)Hugging Face (Standard), Openrouter (Standard), Together Ai (Standard)
Capabilitiesagents, chat, reasoning, search, toolschat, generation, reasoning, tools

ERNIE 5.1 Capabilities

agentschatreasoningsearchtools
Serving providers1
Canonical IDbaidu/ernie-5.1

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 Capabilities

chatgenerationreasoningtools
Serving providers3
Canonical IDnvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-30B-A3B-BF16

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Questions

ERNIE 5.1 vs NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 FAQs

Is ERNIE 5.1 or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 better for coding?+

This comparison does not currently contain a protocol-matched coding benchmark for both ERNIE 5.1 and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16, so Model Markets cannot name a coding leader from pricing, context size, or capability labels alone.

Which is cheaper, ERNIE 5.1 or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16?+

ERNIE 5.1 is $4.00 and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 is $0.050 per million tokens, so NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 is cheaper on this metric. ERNIE 5.1 is $18.00 and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 is $0.20 per million tokens, so NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 is cheaper on this metric.

Which has a larger context window, ERNIE 5.1 or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16?+

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 has the larger sourced context window. ERNIE 5.1 supports 131K and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 supports 262K.

Which performs better in benchmarks, ERNIE 5.1 or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16?+

There is no overall benchmark winner: At least two independently verified, protocol-matched benchmarks are required for an overall winner.

Can ERNIE 5.1 or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 be self-hosted?+

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 is the only model in this pair currently marked as self-hostable. ERNIE 5.1 is not marked open weight; NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 is open weight.

Can ERNIE 5.1 and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 understand images?+

ERNIE 5.1 is not documented with image input; NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 is not documented with image input. This reflects supported input modalities, not vision quality.

Which can generate longer answers, ERNIE 5.1 or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16?+

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 has the larger sourced maximum output: ERNIE 5.1 supports 66K and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 supports 1,049K output tokens.

Do ERNIE 5.1 and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 support reasoning and tool use?+

ERNIE 5.1: reasoning and tool calling. NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16: reasoning and tool calling. Feature support does not establish relative quality.

Which is available from more inference providers, ERNIE 5.1 or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16?+

ERNIE 5.1 has 1 sourced provider route; NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 has 3, so NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 has broader tracked availability.

Which offers better value, ERNIE 5.1 or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16?+

There is no universal value winner. Compare the input and output prices above with the matched benchmark result for your workload: cheaper tokens can be offset by different quality, token usage, latency, or provider availability.

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