Nemotron Nano Chat on Arena Elo: score, rank and what it means
Nemotron Nano Chat scores 1331.6 on Arena Elo, placing it #386 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 1349.9 and the leader is Claude Opus 4.5 Max at 1501.9.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on Arena Elo, with Nemotron Nano Chat highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Opus 4.5 Max | Anthropic | 1000000 | $20.90 | 87.8 |
| 2 | GPT-5.2 Reasoning | OpenAI | 1000000 | $20.98 | 87.5 |
| 3 | GPT-5.2 Turbo | OpenAI | 1000000 | $20.73 | 87.4 |
| 4 | Claude Opus 4.5 Reasoning | Anthropic | 2000000 | $20.91 | 88.2 |
| 5 | GPT-5.2 Max | OpenAI | 1000000 | $21.39 | 89.2 |
| 6 | Gemini 3 Pro Turbo | Google DeepMind | 400000 | $19.62 | 86.4 |
| 7 | Grok 4 Max | xAI | 2000000 | $19.70 | 86.6 |
| 8 | Claude Opus 4.5 | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.42 | 87.7 |
| 9 | GPT-5.1 Pro | OpenAI | 200000 | $19.77 | 87.8 |
| 10 | Grok 4 Reasoning | xAI | 2000000 | $19.67 | 87.8 |
What this score means
On Arena Elo, Nemotron Nano Chat sits at #386 of 600. The leader, Claude Opus 4.5 Max, scores 1501.9, so the gap to the top is 170.3 points. The median model in this index scores 1373.8, which puts Nemotron Nano Chat below the midpoint.
NVIDIA models average 1292.4 on this benchmark. Nemotron Nano Chat is 39.2 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average NVIDIA model.
Among open-weight models, the average is 1338.0. Nemotron Nano Chat is 6.4 points below that group. This is the more useful comparison if you are shortlisting within the same tier rather than across the whole index.
Read a 1331.6 as a relative signal, not an absolute guarantee. Benchmark scores depend on prompt format, evaluation harness and contamination controls. Use this page to narrow the shortlist, then test the model on your own data.
Price context
At $2.21 per million input tokens, Nemotron Nano Chat is below the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on Arena Elo. The models immediately around it in the ranking are shown below so you can compare score and price together.
| Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nemotron Nano | NVIDIA | 8192 | $2.24 | 66.6 |
| Sonar Mini | Perplexity | 65536 | $6.52 | 67.9 |
| Doubao 1.5 Pro Nano | ByteDance | 16384 | $5.78 | 66.6 |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 Nano | Anthropic | 8192 | $6.47 | 68.7 |
| Nemotron Nano Chat | NVIDIA | 32768 | $2.21 | 66.2 |
| Nemotron Nano Instruct | NVIDIA | 32768 | $2.33 | 67.4 |
| ERNIE 4.0 Mini | Baidu | 32768 | $7.11 | 68.8 |
Other benchmarks for Nemotron Nano Chat
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 70.7 | 391 | 35th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 59.8 | 408 | 32th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 54.0 | 393 | 35th | |
| HumanEval | 71.6 | 382 | 36th | |
| MATH-500 | 67.7 | 402 | 33th | |
| AIME 2025 | 61.5 | 379 | 37th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 54.4 | 410 | 32th | |
| IFEval | 74.2 | 403 | 33th | |
| TruthfulQA | 70.2 | 397 | 34th | |
| HellaSwag | 79.8 | 382 | 36th | |
| MMMU | 64.6 | 384 | 36th |
FAQ
What score does Nemotron Nano Chat get on Arena Elo?
Nemotron Nano Chat scores 1331.6 on Arena Elo in this index. The benchmark average is 1349.9 and the top score is 1501.9.
How does Nemotron Nano Chat rank on Arena Elo?
It ranks #386 of 600 models, in the 36th percentile. The leader is Claude Opus 4.5 Max at 1501.9.
Is Nemotron Nano Chat good at Arena Elo?
It is below the median for this benchmark, so test it carefully before relying on it for this capability. The result should be read alongside its price and context window.
How is the Arena Elo score calculated?
Arena Elo is a preference benchmark. Scores in this index are modelled estimates on a 0–100 scale (or Elo for Arena), derived from capability tier and benchmark difficulty. They are not official leaderboard results.
What does Nemotron Nano Chat cost?
Nemotron Nano Chat costs $2.21 per million input tokens and $9.38 per million output tokens.