Inkling (Xhigh) vs Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: Inkling (Xhigh) 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 (Xhigh)
Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) vs Inkling (Xhigh): 48.8% less intelligence, 29.9% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 18.6% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Inkling (Xhigh) | Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 25.0 | 12.8 | −48.8% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 48.8% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $1,014.84 | $1,318.62 | +29.9% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 29.9% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 14.06s | 16.68s | +18.6% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 18.6% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $1.00 / $4.05 | $0.30 / $0.90 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image, Speech | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Inkling (Xhigh) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) scores 51.00 for $662.
- 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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