GPT-5.6 Terra (Medium) vs Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: GPT-5.6 Terra (Medium) by OpenAI or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) by NVIDIA? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-27.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick GPT-5.6 Terra (Medium)
Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) vs GPT-5.6 Terra (Medium): 57.5% less intelligence, 195.3% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 188.9% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | GPT-5.6 Terra (Medium) | Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 30.1 | 12.8 | −57.5% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 57.5% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $446.53 | $1,318.62 | +195.3% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 3.0× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 5.93s | 17.13s | +188.9% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 188.9% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $12.0 | $0.30 / $0.90 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- GPT-5.6 Terra (Medium) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) scores 47.80 for $361.
- 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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