Inkling Small vs Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: Inkling Small by Thinking Machines 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 Inkling Small
Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) vs Inkling Small: 50.2% less intelligence, 447.5% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 26.4% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Inkling Small | Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 25.7 | 12.8 | −50.2% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 50.2% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $240.85 | $1,318.62 | +447.5% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 5.5× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 12.81s | 16.19s | +26.4% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 26.4% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.30 / $1.20 | $0.30 / $0.90 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image, Speech | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Inkling Small is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
- 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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