Phi 4 vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

Phi 4 at $0.081 in and $0.161 out and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B at $0.058 in and $0.230 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

Phi 4

Microsoft

0.05¢

for a client proposal

$0.081 in · $0.161 out / 1M

16K context · released January 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 0.1¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

Cheapest input: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B at $0.058 per million tokens.
Cheapest output: Phi 4 at $0.161 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

Phi 4

0.02¢

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

0.02¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

Phi 4

0.05¢

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

0.05¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

Phi 4

needs 155K ctx

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

0.98¢

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

Phi 4

needs 35K ctx

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

0.22¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

Phi 4

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

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Phi 4

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

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Pricing

Phi 4

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

Input / 1M tokens

$0.081

$0.058

Output / 1M tokens

$0.161

$0.230

Cached input / 1M

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$0.035

Specs

Phi 4

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

Provider

Microsoft

NVIDIA

Released

January 2025

December 2025

Context window

16K

262K

Max output

16K

262K

Input

Text

Output

Text

Reasoning

Answers directly

Shows its thinking

Knowledge cutoff

2024-06-30

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Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

Phi 4

Microsoft

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: 0.05¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 10,604 of these.

Which should you pick?

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

On price, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 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, Phi 4 or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B at 0.05¢; Phi 4 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 Phi 4 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 0.1¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.1¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.