Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: Nemotron 3.5 Super VL by NVIDIA or Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) by Alibaba? 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
Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) vs Nemotron 3.5 Super VL: 57.7% less intelligence, 16.4% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 592.3% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL | Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 26.5 | 11.2 | −57.7% Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) is 57.7% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $282.51 | $328.86 | +16.4% Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) is 16.4% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 6.33s | 43.82s | +592.3% Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) is 592.3% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.23 / $0.57 | $0.14 / $0.20 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image, Video |
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 9B (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
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