Gemma 3n 4B vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

Gemma 3n 4B at $0.069 in and $0.138 out and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B at $0.058 in and $0.230 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

Gemma 3n 4B

Google

0.05¢

for a client proposal

$0.069 in · $0.138 out / 1M

33K context · released May 2025

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Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

NVIDIA

0.05¢

for a client proposal

$0.058 in · $0.230 out / 1M

262K context · released December 2025

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 0.09¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

Cheapest input: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B at $0.058 per million tokens.
Cheapest output: Gemma 3n 4B at $0.138 per million tokens.
Largest context: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B at 262K tokens — about 370 pages.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out

Gemma 3n 4B

0.02¢

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

0.02¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

Gemma 3n 4B

0.05¢

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

0.05¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

Gemma 3n 4B

needs 155K ctx

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

0.98¢

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

Gemma 3n 4B

needs 35K ctx

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

0.22¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

Gemma 3n 4B

needs 250K ctx

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

1.5¢

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

Drag the slider to adjust the split between input and output workload.

80% Input20% Output

Gemma 3n 4B

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

Adjust the ratio slider to change how output tokens influence the final price for equivalent workloads.

Pricing

Gemma 3n 4B

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

Input / 1M tokens

$0.069

$0.058

Output / 1M tokens

$0.138

$0.230

Cached input / 1M

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$0.035

Specs

Gemma 3n 4B

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

Provider

Google

NVIDIA

Released

May 2025

December 2025

Context window

33K

262K

Max output

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262K

Input

Text

Output

Text

Reasoning

Answers directly

Shows its thinking

Knowledge cutoff

2024-08-31

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Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

Gemma 3n 4B

Google

0.02¢

for this task

67% input · 33% output

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Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

NVIDIA

0.02¢

for this task

50% input · 50% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 0.04¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 11,441 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has the largest context window here — 262K tokens.

On price, Gemma 3n 4B is the cheapest of the two on a typical task, at about 0.05¢.

If you want to watch the model think, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B shows reasoning; the other answers directly.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

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Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, Gemma 3n 4B or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): Gemma 3n 4B at 0.05¢; Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B at 0.05¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B — 262K tokens, about 370 pages.

Can I run Gemma 3n 4B and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 0.09¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.09¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.