Hy3 vs Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: Hy3 by Tencent 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.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Hy3
Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) vs Hy3: 49.4% less intelligence, 781.4% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 51.9% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Hy3 | Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 25.3 | 12.8 | −49.4% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 49.4% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $149.61 | $1,318.62 | +781.4% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 8.8× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 33.68s | 16.19s | −51.9% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 51.9% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.14 / $0.56 | $0.30 / $0.90 | |
| Input modalities | Text | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Hy3 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Max) scores 38.10 for $122.
- 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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