GPT-5.6 Luna (Non-reasoning) vs NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: GPT-5.6 Luna (Non-reasoning) by OpenAI or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) by NVIDIA? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-27.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick GPT-5.6 Luna (Non-reasoning)
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) vs GPT-5.6 Luna (Non-reasoning): 42.6% less intelligence, 177.5% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 96.5% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | GPT-5.6 Luna (Non-reasoning) | NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 15.5 | 8.9 | −42.6% NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nan… is 42.6% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $22.97 | $63.74 | +177.5% NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nan… is 2.8× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 5.14s | 10.10s | +96.5% NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nan… is 96.5% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.20 / $1.20 | $0.05 / $0.20 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- GPT-5.6 Luna (Non-reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Low) scores 21.50 for $10.6.
- NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium) scores 34.50 for $56.4.
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