GPT-5.6 Luna (Low) vs Nemotron 3.5 Super VL
Which is better for the money: GPT-5.6 Luna (Low) by OpenAI or Nemotron 3.5 Super VL by NVIDIA? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-27.
Trade-off
Verdict
Depends on your budget
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL scores 5.5 points higher (26.5 vs 21.0) but costs 10× as much to run the benchmark ($283 vs $27.0; mid-range vs budget cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Nemotron 3.5 Super VL when you need intelligence above 21.0, and GPT-5.6 Luna (Low) when 21.0 is enough.
| Metric | GPT-5.6 Luna (Low) | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 21.0 | 26.5 | +26.2% Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is 26.2% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $27.02 | $282.51 | +945.6% Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is 10× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 5.78s | 6.40s | +10.7% Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is 10.7% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.20 / $1.20 | $0.23 / $0.57 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs GPT-5.6 Luna (Low): 26.2% more intelligence, 945.6% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 10.7% slower end-to-end.
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- GPT-5.6 Luna (Low) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Low) scores 21.50 for $10.6.
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
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