# Granite Speech 5.0 2B vs Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe 30B-A4B (slim)

> Granite Speech 5.0 2B and Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe 30B-A4B score within a point of each other for speech-to-text, 61 and 61 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Granite Speech 5.0 2B and Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe 30B-A4B score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 61 (C) and 61 (C). Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe 30B-A4B leads on risk and agent interface. Both do speech-to-text.

- Granite Speech 5.0 2B: C 61, rank #67 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/granite-speech-5-0-2b.min.md
- Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe 30B-A4B: C 61, rank #79 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nemotron-3-5-transcribe-30b-a4b.min.md
- Granite Speech 5.0 2B, good for Agents that need to transcribe or translate short recordings in the six supported languages on modest hardware Ahead on Reach, 95 against 75; Documentation and upkeep, 92 against 77.
- Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe 30B-A4B, good for Teams that need accurate multilingual transcripts of long recordings with speakers and timings, and have a 32 GB GPU or better Ahead on Risk, 75 against 70; Agent interface, 85 against 55.

| Category | Granite Speech 5.0 2B | Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe 30B-A4B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 95 | 75 |
| Risk (20%) | 70 | 75 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 55 | 85 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 92 | 77 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Granite Speech 5.0 2B | Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe 30B-A4B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | IBM | NVIDIA |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | OpenMDW-1.1 |
| Last release | 2026-11-06 | 2026-10-29 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | not read yet |

Why the edge:
- Agent interface, Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe 30B-A4B +30: Granite Speech 5.0 2B 55 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (193 characters).); Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe 30B-A4B 85 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (12,482 characters), with a template in tokenizer_config.json too.)
- Reach, Granite Speech 5.0 2B +20: Granite Speech 5.0 2B 95 (Memory 30, the smallest build listed that keeps 4 bits is IBM's Q4_K_M GGUF, 1.14 GB with the 1.16 GB audio projector, and 2.30 GB × 1.2 = 2.8 GB, within 16 GB.); Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe 30B-A4B 75 (Memory 20, the smallest build is NVIDIA's NVFP4 repository, 21.56 GB, and 21.56 GB × 1.2 = 25.9 GB, within 32 GB.)
- Documentation and upkeep, Granite Speech 5.0 2B +15: Granite Speech 5.0 2B 92 (Model card 17, Intended use, limitations, the architecture, the size, the 16K positions and two-minute segments, and the languages are on the card.); Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe 30B-A4B 77 (Model card 17, Intended use, limitations (the explainability subcard's technical limitations), the architecture, the parameters, the context and the languages a…)
- Risk, Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe 30B-A4B +5: Granite Speech 5.0 2B 70 (File safety 25, safetensors and GGUF only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files and no Python in either repository.); Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe 30B-A4B 75 (File safety 25, safetensors only in all three repositories, no .bin, .pt or .pth files and no Python.)