Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback) vs Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B

Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback) vs Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback)On the frontier
Intelligence
57.60
Total cost
$8708
NVIDIANemotron Cascade 2 30B A3BNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
11.70
Total cost
-
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 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback)Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3BDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)57.611.7−79.7% Nemotron Cascade 2 30… is 79.7% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$8,708.20Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)626.13sNot reported— not comparable
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$4.00 / $20.0—
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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