Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: Nemotron 3.5 Super VL by NVIDIA or Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Reasoning) by Alibaba? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-27.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Nemotron 3.5 Super VL
Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Reasoning) vs Nemotron 3.5 Super VL: 30.6% less intelligence, 233.1% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 953.5% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL | Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 26.5 | 18.4 | −30.6% Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Re… is 30.6% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $282.51 | $940.97 | +233.1% Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Re… is 3.3× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 6.20s | 65.32s | +953.5% Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Re… is 953.5% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.23 / $0.57 | $0.60 / $3.60 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
- Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) scores 51.00 for $662.
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