LongCat 2.0 vs Nemotron 3.5 Super VL
Which is better for the money: LongCat 2.0 by LongCat or Nemotron 3.5 Super VL by NVIDIA? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Nemotron 3.5 Super VL
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs LongCat 2.0: 38.7% more intelligence, 47.5% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 83.2% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | LongCat 2.0 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 19.1 | 26.5 | +38.7% Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is 38.7% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $544.74 | $286.07 | −47.5% Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is 47.5% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 37.67s | 6.31s | −83.2% Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is 83.2% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.75 / $2.95 | $0.23 / $0.57 | |
| Input modalities | Text | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- LongCat 2.0 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (High) scores 50.20 for $521.
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
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