Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low) vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Which is better for the money: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low) by Anthropic or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning by NVIDIA? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-27.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low)
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low): 56.3% less intelligence, 188.6% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 28.1% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low) | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 29.5 | 12.9 | −56.3% Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is 56.3% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $34.31 | $99.03 | +188.6% Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is 2.9× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 11.44s | 8.23s | −28.1% Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is 28.1% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $0.06 / $0.20 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Medium) scores 29.90 for $31.2.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Haiku 5.5 (High) scores 37.80 for $94.1.
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