Gemini 4 Argon (High) vs Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: Gemini 4 Argon (High) 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.
Trade-off
Verdict
Depends on your budget
Gemini 4 Argon (High) scores 39.8 points higher (52.6 vs 12.8) but costs 1.8× as much to run the benchmark ($2407 vs $1319; flagship vs premium cost classes). Pick Gemini 4 Argon (High) when the extra intelligence is worth the premium, otherwise Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning).
| Metric | Gemini 4 Argon (High) | Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 52.6 | 12.8 | −75.7% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 75.7% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $2,407.24 | $1,318.62 | −45.2% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 45.2% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 54.41s | 16.18s | −70.3% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 70.3% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $10.0 | $0.30 / $0.90 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) vs Gemini 4 Argon (High): 75.7% less intelligence, 45.2% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 70.3% faster end-to-end.
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Gemini 4 Argon (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) scores 53.60 for $2172.
- 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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