Claude Sonnet 5 (Medium) vs Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: Claude Sonnet 5 (Medium) 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 2026-10-26.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Claude Sonnet 5 (Medium)
Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) vs Claude Sonnet 5 (Medium): 54.4% less intelligence, 8.2% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 78.0% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Sonnet 5 (Medium) | Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 28.1 | 12.8 | −54.4% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 54.4% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $1,218.17 | $1,318.62 | +8.2% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 8.2% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 9.09s | 16.18s | +78.0% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 78.0% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $10.0 | $0.30 / $0.90 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Sonnet 5 (Medium) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
- 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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