GLM-5.3 (Max) vs Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: GLM-5.3 (Max) by Z AI 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
GLM-5.3 (Max) scores 32.0 points higher (44.8 vs 12.8) but costs 1.9× as much to run the benchmark ($2503 vs $1319; flagship vs premium cost classes). Pick GLM-5.3 (Max) when the extra intelligence is worth the premium, otherwise Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning).
| Metric | GLM-5.3 (Max) | Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 44.8 | 12.8 | −71.4% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 71.4% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $2,503.48 | $1,318.62 | −47.3% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 47.3% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 28.27s | 16.18s | −42.8% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 42.8% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $1.40 / $4.40 | $0.30 / $0.90 | |
| Input modalities | Text | Text |
Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) vs GLM-5.3 (Max): 71.4% less intelligence, 47.3% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 42.8% faster end-to-end.
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- GLM-5.3 (Max) 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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