Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: Gemini 2.5 Pro by Google 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 Gemini 2.5 Pro
Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) vs Gemini 2.5 Pro: 20.5% less intelligence, 60.3% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 38.4% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 16.1 | 12.8 | −20.5% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 20.5% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $822.85 | $1,318.62 | +60.3% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 60.3% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 26.26s | 16.18s | −38.4% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 38.4% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $1.25 / $10.0 | $0.30 / $0.90 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image, Speech, Video | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Gemini 2.5 Pro is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) scores 51.00 for $662.
- 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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