gpt-oss-120b (High) vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Which is better for the money: gpt-oss-120b (High) by OpenAI or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning by NVIDIA? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs gpt-oss-120b (High): 11.2% more intelligence, 24.4% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 20.5% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | gpt-oss-120b (High) | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 11.6 | 12.9 | +11.2% Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is 11.2% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $122.71 | $92.76 | −24.4% Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is 24.4% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 11.29s | 8.97s | −20.5% Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is 20.5% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.15 / $0.60 | $0.06 / $0.20 | |
| Input modalities | Text | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- gpt-oss-120b (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Max) scores 38.10 for $122.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Xhigh) scores 34.60 for $66.8.
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