Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B — Quantized by BatiAI
NVIDIA’s NemotronH MoE (Mamba+Attention hybrid). 30B params, only 3B active per token.
Quantized directly from official NVIDIA weights.
Models
| Tag |
Size |
RAM target |
Use Case |
| iq3 |
17GB |
24GB Mac |
Compact MoE reasoning |
| iq4 |
17GB |
32GB Mac |
Recommended |
| q5 |
25GB |
36GB+ Mac |
Highest quality |
Quick Start
ollama run batiai/nemotron3-nano:iq4
Why Nemotron 3 Nano?
- 30B-A3B MoE — 128 experts, 8 active per token, only 3B compute per token
- Hybrid Mamba + Attention — efficient long-context state-space + accurate short-context attention
- Reasoning + agentic — trained for tool use and structured outputs
- NVIDIA Open Model License — commercial-friendly
RAM Requirements
| Your Mac RAM |
iq3 (17GB) |
iq4 (17GB) |
q5 (25GB) |
| 16GB |
⚠️ Heavy swap |
⚠️ Heavy swap |
❌ |
| 24GB |
✅ |
✅ |
❌ |
| 32GB |
✅ Fast |
✅ Recommended |
⚠️ Tight |
| 36GB |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
| 48GB+ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ Headroom |
For Other Macs
| Your Mac |
Recommended |
| 16GB |
batiai/gemma4-e4b:q4 |
| 24GB |
batiai/nemotron3-nano:iq3 (this) |
| 32GB |
batiai/nemotron3-nano:iq4 (this, recommended) |
| 36GB |
batiai/qwen3.5-35b:iq4 |
| 48GB |
batiai/gemma4-31b:iq4 or batiai/nemotron3-nano:q5 |
| 128GB |
batiai/minimax-m2.7:iq3 (229B Dense) |
Why BatiAI?
- Quantized directly from official NVIDIA weights
- imatrix calibrated (200 chunks wikitext-2) for IQ-quant quality
- Verified on real Mac hardware
- BatiAI metadata signed (
general.author=BatiAI)
Built for BatiFlow
Free, on-device AI automation for Mac. 5MB app, 100% local, unlimited.
https://flow.bati.ai
Benchmarks
| Machine |
Quant |
Cold start |
Prompt eval |
Token gen |
Tested |
| MacBook Pro M4 Max 128GB |
IQ3_XXS |
1.599s |
208.95 t/s |
86.15 t/s |
2026-05-03 |
| MacBook Pro M4 Max 128GB |
IQ4_XS |
1.589s |
206.43 t/s |
88.77 t/s |
2026-05-03 |
| MacBook Pro M4 Max 128GB |
Q5_K_M |
5.036s |
179.26 t/s |
75.82 t/s |
2026-05-03 |