Claude Opus 4.6 (Max) vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

Claude Opus 4.6 (Max) vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude Opus 4.6 (Max)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
31.90
Total cost
-
NVIDIANemotron 3.5 LightningOff the frontier
Intelligence
12.90
Total cost
$92.8
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricClaude Opus 4.6 (Max)Nemotron 3.5 LightningDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)31.912.9−59.6% Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is 59.6% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$92.76— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)36.25s8.97s−75.3% Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is 75.3% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$5.00 / $25.0$0.06 / $0.20
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