Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: Gemini 2.5 Pro by Google or Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (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 Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning)
Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning) vs Gemini 2.5 Pro: 42.2% more intelligence, 25.8% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 49.2% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 16.1 | 22.9 | +42.2% Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B… is 42.2% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $804.03 | $596.33 | −25.8% Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B… is 25.8% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 30.03s | 15.27s | −49.2% Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B… is 49.2% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $1.25 / $10.0 | $0.60 / $2.70 | |
| 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 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (High) scores 50.20 for $521.
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