Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) vs Nemotron 3.5 Super VL
Which is better for the money: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) by Anthropic or Nemotron 3.5 Super VL by NVIDIA? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Trade-off
Verdict
Depends on your budget
Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) scores 3.6 points higher (30.1 vs 26.5) but costs 17× as much to run the benchmark ($4925 vs $283; flagship vs mid-range cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) when you need intelligence above 26.5, and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL when 26.5 is enough.
| Metric | Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 30.1 | 26.5 | −12.0% Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is 12.0% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $4,924.80 | $282.51 | −94.3% Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is 94.3% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 148.96s | 6.33s | −95.8% Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is 95.8% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $3.00 / $15.0 | $0.23 / $0.57 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max): 12.0% less intelligence, 94.3% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 95.8% faster end-to-end.
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (Xhigh, Default Fallback) scores 56.00 for $4057.
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
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