Nemotron Nano Chat on HumanEval: score, rank and what it means
Nemotron Nano Chat scores 71.6 on HumanEval, placing it #382 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 74.0 and the leader is GPT-5.2 Pro at 96.8.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on HumanEval, with Nemotron Nano Chat highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5.2 Pro | OpenAI | 2000000 | $21.32 | 89.6 |
| 2 | Gemini 3 Pro Pro | Google DeepMind | 200000 | $19.80 | 87.3 |
| 3 | o4 Max | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.51 | 86.2 |
| 4 | Grok 4 Reasoning | xAI | 2000000 | $19.67 | 87.8 |
| 5 | Claude Opus 4.5 | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.42 | 87.7 |
| 6 | GPT-5.2 Max | OpenAI | 1000000 | $21.39 | 89.2 |
| 7 | Claude Opus 4.5 Pro | Anthropic | 200000 | $20.98 | 89.1 |
| 8 | Grok 4 Max | xAI | 2000000 | $19.70 | 86.6 |
| 9 | GPT-5.2 Turbo | OpenAI | 1000000 | $20.73 | 87.4 |
| 10 | GPT-5.1 Reasoning | OpenAI | 400000 | $20.27 | 88.3 |
What this score means
On HumanEval, Nemotron Nano Chat sits at #382 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.2 Pro, scores 96.8, so the gap to the top is 25.2 points. The median model in this index scores 77.4, which puts Nemotron Nano Chat below the midpoint.
NVIDIA models average 65.9 on this benchmark. Nemotron Nano Chat is 5.7 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average NVIDIA model.
Among open-weight models, the average is 72.4. Nemotron Nano Chat is 0.8 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 71.6 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 HumanEval. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phi-3.5 Instruct | Microsoft | 16384 | $2.67 | 70.1 |
| GPT-4.1 Nano | OpenAI | 32768 | $7.42 | 70.5 |
| Firesearch Reasoning | Fireworks AI | 32768 | $7.74 | 69.0 |
| Mixtral Groq Base | Groq | 32768 | $2.66 | 68.4 |
| Nemotron Nano Chat | NVIDIA | 32768 | $2.21 | 66.2 |
| Arctic Base | Snowflake | 32768 | $2.27 | 67.5 |
| Grok 3 Nano | xAI | 8192 | $7.12 | 67.8 |
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 | |
| 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 | |
| Arena Elo | 1331.6 | 386 | 36th |
FAQ
What score does Nemotron Nano Chat get on HumanEval?
Nemotron Nano Chat scores 71.6 on HumanEval in this index. The benchmark average is 74.0 and the top score is 96.8.
How does Nemotron Nano Chat rank on HumanEval?
It ranks #382 of 600 models, in the 36th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.2 Pro at 96.8.
Is Nemotron Nano Chat good at HumanEval?
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 HumanEval score calculated?
HumanEval is a coding 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.