# LFM3-Audio-2B vs Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning (slim)

> Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning and LFM3-Audio-2B score within a point of each other for open-weight models you run yourself, 61.2 and 61 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning and LFM3-Audio-2B score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 61.2 (C) and 61 (C). Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- LFM3-Audio-2B: C 61, rank #70 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lfm3-audio-2b.min.md
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning: C 61.2, rank #36 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nemotron-3-nano-omni-30b-a3b-reasoning.min.md
- LFM3-Audio-2B, good for Voice agents on a laptop or phone that need speech in, speech out and tool calls from one small model
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning, good for Agents with a 32 to 48 GB NVIDIA GPU that need one local model to read video, audio, documents and screens and call tools Ahead on Reach, 85 against 80; Risk, 60 against 40; Agent interface, 90 against 85; Documentation and upkeep, 70 against 52.

| Category | LFM3-Audio-2B | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 80 | 85 |
| Risk (20%) | 40 | 60 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 90 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 52 | 70 |

| Fact (where they differ) | LFM3-Audio-2B | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Liquid AI | NVIDIA |
| Licence | LFM Open License v1.0 (free commercial use below $10M annual revenue) | NVIDIA Open Model Agreement (custom, commercial use allowed, not an OSI licence) |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-11-03 | 2026-08-24 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | no date given |
| 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 | 3/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Risk, Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning +20: LFM3-Audio-2B 40 (File safety 15, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files (25).); Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning 60 (File safety gets 15, safetensors only but loaded with trust_remote_code.)
- Documentation and upkeep, Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning +18: LFM3-Audio-2B 52 (Model card 17, Intended use (local agents, tool calling, structured outputs, fine-tuning), limitations (not recommended for agentic coding or complex multi-step…); Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning 70 (The card covers all seven fields, reading the 2019 to 2025 data collection period as the cut-off (20).)
- Reach, Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning +5: LFM3-Audio-2B 80 (Memory 30, Liquid's Q4_K_M GGUF is 1.10 GB with its 0.17 GB projector file, and 1.27 GB × 1.2 = 1.5 GB, which fits 8 GB, well inside the 16 GB line.); Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning 85 (Memory earns 20 because the smallest 4-bit builds, Ollama's NVFP4 at 21 GB and NVIDIA's NVFP4 at 22.4 GB, need about 25 to 27 GB with the fifth added, which fit…)
- Agent interface, Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning +5: LFM3-Audio-2B 85 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (9,328 characters), with roles, audio, tools, deferred tools and tool results.); Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning 90 (A Jinja template ships in the repository (20).)