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Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct vs Nemotron Nano 9B V2

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct wins:

  • Higher intelligence benchmark

Nemotron Nano 9B V2 wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Has reasoning mode
Price Advantage
Nemotron Nano 9B V2
Benchmark Advantage
Nemotron Nano 9B V2
Context Window
Nemotron Nano 9B V2
Speed
Nemotron Nano 9B V2

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricPhi-3 Medium 128K InstructNemotron Nano 9B V2Winner
Input (per 1M tokens)$1.00$0.04 Nemotron Nano 9B V2
Output (per 1M tokens)$1.00$0.16 Nemotron Nano 9B V2
Cache Read (per 1M)N/A$0.10 Nemotron Nano 9B V2
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Nemotron Nano 9B V2 is 93% cheaper overall.

Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct Providers

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Nemotron Nano 9B V2 Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct Wins
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Nemotron Nano 9B V2 Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkPhi-3 Medium 128K InstructNemotron Nano 9B V2Winner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
32.013.2
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
-7.5-
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
-62.3-
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
41.273.9
GPQA
Graduate-level science
11.555.7
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
-70.1-
BBH
Big-Bench Hard
48.5--
Nemotron Nano 9B V2 significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct
128,000
tokens
Nemotron Nano 9B V2
131,072
tokens
Nemotron Nano 9B V2 has a 2% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricPhi-3 Medium 128K InstructNemotron Nano 9B V2Winner
Tokens/secondN/A137.2 tok/s
Time to First TokenN/A0.53s

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeaturePhi-3 Medium 128K InstructNemotron Nano 9B V2
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyPhi-3 Medium 128K InstructNemotron Nano 9B V2
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorMicrosoftNvidia
ReleasedUnknownSep 2025

Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct Modalities

Input
Output

Nemotron Nano 9B V2 Modalities

Input
text
Output
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Frequently Asked Questions

Nemotron Nano 9B V2 has cheaper input pricing at $0.04/M tokens. Nemotron Nano 9B V2 has cheaper output pricing at $0.16/M tokens.
Nemotron Nano 9B V2 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 7.5, compared to Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct's score of N/A.
Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct has a 128,000 token context window, while Nemotron Nano 9B V2 has a 131,072 token context window.
Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct does not support vision. Nemotron Nano 9B V2 does not support vision.