Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) vs Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) 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 2026-10-26.
Trade-off
Verdict
Depends on your budget
Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) scores 33.6 points higher (46.4 vs 12.8) but costs 3.4× as much to run the benchmark ($4438 vs $1319; flagship vs premium cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) when you need intelligence above 12.8, and Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) when 12.8 is enough.
| Metric | Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) | Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 46.4 | 12.8 | −72.4% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 72.4% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $4,438.03 | $1,318.62 | −70.3% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 70.3% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 81.64s | 16.68s | −79.6% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 79.6% faster |
| 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 (Xhigh): 72.4% less intelligence, 70.3% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 79.6% faster end-to-end.
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (Xhigh, Default Fallback) scores 56.00 for $4057.
- 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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