GPT-5 mini (High) vs Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: GPT-5 mini (High) 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 2026-10-26.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick GPT-5 mini (High)
Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) vs GPT-5 mini (High): 23.8% less intelligence, 598.9% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 77.8% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | GPT-5 mini (High) | Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 16.8 | 12.8 | −23.8% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 23.8% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $188.66 | $1,318.62 | +598.9% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 7.0× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 73.00s | 16.18s | −77.8% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 77.8% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.25 / $2.00 | $0.30 / $0.90 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- GPT-5 mini (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) scores 41.20 for $158.
- 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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