NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 vs OpenVLA 7B
At a Glance
| Compare |  OpenVLA 7BOpenVLA Research Team | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing and Limits | ||
| Context windowMaximum documented tokens | 262K | Not reported |
| Model facts checked | Aug 28, 2026View model evidence → | Aug 29, 2026View model evidence → |
Available Benchmarks
Side-by-Side Facts
| Field | NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-30B-A3B-BF16 | OpenVLA 7B |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | NVIDIA | OpenVLA Research Team |
| Family | Nvidia Nemotron 3 Nano 30b A3b Bf16 | OpenVLA |
| Model | NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-30B-A3B-BF16 | OpenVLA 7B |
| Version | NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-30B-A3B-BF16 | 7B |
| Lifecycle | active | active |
| Released | 2025-12-15 | 2024-06-13 |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2025-11-28 | Unknown |
| Input modalities | Text | Text, Image, Robot state |
| Output modalities | Text | Robot action |
| Context window | 262K | Unknown |
| Total parameters | 31.6B | 7B |
| Active parameters | 3.5B | Unknown |
| License | other | Unknown |
| Open weights | Yes | Yes |
| API available | Yes | No |
| Self-hostable | Yes | Yes |
| Provider access | Hugging Face (Standard), Openrouter (Standard), Together Ai (Standard) | Unknown |
| Capabilities | chat, generation, reasoning, tools | cross-embodiment, fine-tuning, generalist-manipulation |
| Robotics model type | Unknown | Vision-language-action model |
| Action representation | Unknown | Tokenized actions decoded to continuous robot controls |
| Control architecture | Unknown | Fused SigLIP and DINOv2 visual encoder with Llama 2 7B backbone |
| Inference location | Unknown | Flexible |
| Native control rate (Hz) | Unknown | Unknown |
| Supported embodiments | Unknown | WidowX, Google Robot, Franka Panda |
| Training data | Unknown | 970,000 robot manipulation trajectories from Open X-Embodiment described by the authors. |
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 Capabilities
OpenVLA 7B Capabilities
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Primary Evidence
Sources and Freshness
Questions
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 vs OpenVLA 7B FAQs
Is NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 or OpenVLA 7B better for coding?+
This comparison does not currently contain a protocol-matched coding benchmark for both NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 and OpenVLA 7B, so Model Markets cannot name a coding leader from pricing, context size, or capability labels alone.
Which is cheaper, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 or OpenVLA 7B?+
Only NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 has a directly sourced input price: $0.050 per million tokens. Only NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 has a directly sourced output price: $0.20 per million tokens.
Which has a larger context window, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 or OpenVLA 7B?+
Neither model has a larger sourced context window in this comparison. NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 is 262K and OpenVLA 7B is —.
Which performs better in benchmarks, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 or OpenVLA 7B?+
There is no overall benchmark winner: At least two independently verified, protocol-matched benchmarks are required for an overall winner.
Can NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 or OpenVLA 7B be self-hosted?+
Both models have the same recorded self-hosting status: supported. NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 is open weight; OpenVLA 7B is open weight.
Can NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 and OpenVLA 7B understand images?+
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 is not documented with image input; OpenVLA 7B is documented with image input. This reflects supported input modalities, not vision quality.
Which can generate longer answers, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 or OpenVLA 7B?+
Neither has a larger sourced maximum output. NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 is 1,049K and OpenVLA 7B is —.
Do NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 and OpenVLA 7B support reasoning and tool use?+
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16: reasoning and tool calling. OpenVLA 7B: image input. Feature support does not establish relative quality.
Which is available from more inference providers, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 or OpenVLA 7B?+
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 has 3 sourced provider routes; OpenVLA 7B has 0, so NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 has broader tracked availability.
Which offers better value, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 or OpenVLA 7B?+
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.