# Arete-27B vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (slim)

> Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B scores 67.6 (B) to Arete-27B's 55.1 (C) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B scores 67.6 (B) on agent readiness against Arete-27B's 55.1 (C), and leads in every scored category. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Arete-27B: C 55.1, rank #123 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/arete-27b.min.md
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: B 67.6, rank #12 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b.min.md
- Arete-27B, good for Agents that want Qwen3.8-27B's coding and tool use without its handling of politically sensitive topics, on a 24 GB card or a 128 GB machine
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B, good for Agents with a 24 to 32 GB GPU or Mac that want a quick tool-calling and reasoning cousin with very long context. Ahead on Reach, 90 against 50; Risk, 60 against 55; Agent interface, 90 against 60; Documentation and upkeep, 80 against 63.

| Category | Arete-27B | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 50 | 90 |
| Risk (20%) | 55 | 60 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 60 | 90 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 63 | 80 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Arete-27B | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Nous Research | NVIDIA |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | NVIDIA Nemotron Open Model License (custom, Apache-style, commercial use allowed, not an OSI licence) |
| Last release | 2026-11-06 | 2026-08-24 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2025-12-15 |
| Customer content may train models | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.3/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Reach, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B +40: Arete-27B 50 (Memory 10, the only build from Nous Research is the 54.7 GB BF16 release, which needs about 66 GB and fits the reference machine.); Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 90 (Memory earns 25 because the smallest 4-bit build is Ollama's NVFP4 MLX build at 18 GB, 21.6 GB with the fifth added, and NVIDIA's own NVFP4 build lands in the s…)
- Agent interface, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B +30: Arete-27B 60 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.); Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 90 (The chat template earns 20 as a Jinja file in the repository.)
- Documentation and upkeep, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B +17: Arete-27B 63 (Model card 8, no limitations, context length, languages or cut-off.); Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 80 (The model card earns 20, with all seven items on the card and its subcards.)
- Risk, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B +5: Arete-27B 55 (File safety 25, safetensors only and no remote code.); Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 60 (File safety earns 15, safetensors only but with the documented serving path passing trust-remote-code and loading a reasoning parser file from the repository.)