Grok 4.7 (Low) vs Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: Grok 4.7 (Low) by SpaceXAI or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) by NVIDIA? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-27.
Trade-off
Verdict
Depends on your budget
Grok 4.7 (Low) scores 29.4 points higher (42.2 vs 12.8) but costs 1.1× as much to run the benchmark ($1407 vs $1319; both premium class). Pick Grok 4.7 (Low) when the extra intelligence is worth the premium, otherwise Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning).
| Metric | Grok 4.7 (Low) | Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 42.2 | 12.8 | −69.7% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 69.7% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $1,406.89 | $1,318.62 | −6.3% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 6.3% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 11.57s | 16.78s | +45.0% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 45.0% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $6.00 | $0.30 / $0.90 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) vs Grok 4.7 (Low): 69.7% less intelligence, 6.3% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 45.0% slower end-to-end.
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Grok 4.7 (Low) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
- 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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