Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) vs Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) by Anthropic or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) 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 (Xhigh)
Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh): 68.9% less intelligence, 736.8% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 77.3% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) | Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 41.2 | 12.8 | −68.9% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 68.9% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $157.58 | $1,318.62 | +736.8% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 8.4× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 75.35s | 17.13s | −77.3% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 77.3% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $0.30 / $0.90 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
- Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
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