Grok 4.3 (High) vs Nemotron 3.5 Super VL
Which is better for the money: Grok 4.3 (High) by SpaceXAI 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.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Nemotron 3.5 Super VL
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs Grok 4.3 (High): 6.4% more intelligence, 22.2% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 80.6% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Grok 4.3 (High) | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 24.9 | 26.5 | +6.4% Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is 6.4% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $363.24 | $282.51 | −22.2% Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is 22.2% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 32.60s | 6.33s | −80.6% Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is 80.6% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $1.25 / $2.50 | $0.23 / $0.57 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Grok 4.3 (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) scores 47.80 for $361.
- 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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