Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback) vs Nemotron 3.5 Super VL
Which is better for the money: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback) 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 2026-10-27.
Trade-off
Verdict
Depends on your budget
Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallbac… scores 9.4 points higher (35.9 vs 26.5) but costs 1.7× as much to run the benchmark ($482 vs $283; both mid-range class). Pick Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallbac… when the extra intelligence is worth the premium, otherwise Nemotron 3.5 Super VL.
| Metric | Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback) | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 35.9 | 26.5 | −26.2% Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is 26.2% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $482.13 | $282.51 | −41.4% Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is 41.4% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 5.76s | 6.35s | +10.2% Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is 10.2% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $10.0 | $0.23 / $0.57 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback): 26.2% less intelligence, 41.4% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 10.2% slower end-to-end.
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) scores 47.80 for $361.
- 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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