gpt-oss-20b (High) vs Nemotron 3.5 Super VL
Which is better for the money: gpt-oss-20b (High) by OpenAI or Nemotron 3.5 Super VL by NVIDIA? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Trade-off
Verdict
Depends on your budget
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL scores 17.5 points higher (26.5 vs 9.0) but costs 9.8× as much to run the benchmark ($283 vs $28.8; mid-range vs budget cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Nemotron 3.5 Super VL when you need intelligence above 9.0, and gpt-oss-20b (High) when 9.0 is enough.
| Metric | gpt-oss-20b (High) | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 9.0 | 26.5 | +194.4% Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is 2.9× more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $28.81 | $282.51 | +880.6% Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is 9.8× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 13.96s | 6.33s | −54.7% Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is 54.7% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.05 / $0.22 | $0.23 / $0.57 | |
| Input modalities | Text | Text, Image |
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs gpt-oss-20b (High): 194.4% more intelligence, 880.6% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 54.7% faster end-to-end.
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- gpt-oss-20b (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Low) scores 21.50 for $10.6.
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
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