Kimi K3 (Low) vs Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: Kimi K3 (Low) by Kimi 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.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Kimi K3 (Low)
Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) vs Kimi K3 (Low): 57.5% less intelligence, 10.8% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 64.1% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Kimi K3 (Low) | Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 30.1 | 12.8 | −57.5% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 57.5% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $1,190.42 | $1,318.62 | +10.8% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 10.8% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 46.72s | 16.78s | −64.1% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 64.1% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $3.00 / $15.0 | $0.30 / $0.90 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Kimi K3 (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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