DeepSeek V3 (Dec '24) vs Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)

Which is better for the money: DeepSeek V3 (Dec '24) by DeepSeek 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.

Trade-off

DeepSeekDeepSeek V3 (Dec '24)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 8.50
Total cost: $25.4

NVIDIANemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 12.80
Total cost: $1319

Verdict

Depends on your budget

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) scores 4.3 points higher (12.8 vs 8.5) but costs 52× as much to run the benchmark ($1319 vs $25.4; premium vs budget cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) when you need intelligence above 8.5, and DeepSeek V3 (Dec '24) when 8.5 is enough.

Metric	DeepSeek V3 (Dec '24)	Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	8.5	12.8	+50.6% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 50.6% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$25.37	$1,318.62	+5097.6% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 52× more expensive
End-to-end time (lower is better)	12.42s	16.19s	+30.4% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 30.4% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$0.32 / $0.89	$0.30 / $0.90
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Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) vs DeepSeek V3 (Dec '24): 50.6% more intelligence, 5097.6% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 30.4% slower end-to-end.

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

DeepSeek V3 (Dec '24) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Low) scores 21.50 for $10.6.
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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