GPT-6 Luna (Medium) vs NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: GPT-6 Luna (Medium) 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-6 Luna (Medium)
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) vs GPT-6 Luna (Medium): 70.2% less intelligence, 104.5% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and end-to-end time not fully reported.
| Metric | GPT-6 Luna (Medium) | NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 29.9 | 8.9 | −70.2% NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nan… is 70.2% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $31.17 | $63.74 | +104.5% NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nan… is 2.0× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | Not reported | 10.12s | — not comparable |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $0.05 / $0.20 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- GPT-6 Luna (Medium) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
- 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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