# Devstral Small 2 vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (slim)

> Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B scores 67.6 (B) to Devstral Small 2's 61 (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 Devstral Small 2's 61 (C), and leads in 2 of 4 scored categories. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Devstral Small 2: C 61, rank #60 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/devstral-small-2.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
- Devstral Small 2, good for Developers who want a dependable local coding agent on one consumer GPU or a 32 GB Mac
- 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 Agent interface, 90 against 65; Documentation and upkeep, 80 against 46.

| Category | Devstral Small 2 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 90 | 90 |
| Risk (20%) | 60 | 60 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 65 | 90 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 46 | 80 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Devstral Small 2 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Mistral AI | NVIDIA |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | NVIDIA Nemotron Open Model License (custom, Apache-style, commercial use allowed, not an OSI licence) |
| Last release | 2026-07-15 | 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:
- Documentation and upkeep, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B +34: Devstral Small 2 46 (Model card 11, Intended use, the architecture, the parameters and the context are on the card.); Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 80 (The model card earns 20, with all seven items on the card and its subcards.)
- Agent interface, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B +25: Devstral Small 2 65 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (11,362 characters), with the tokenizer's tekken file for mistral-common.); Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 90 (The chat template earns 20 as a Jinja file in the repository.)