Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) vs Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) 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 Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Reasoning)
Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Reasoning) vs Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning): 43.7% more intelligence, 28.6% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 280.5% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) | Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 12.8 | 18.4 | +43.7% Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Re… is 43.7% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $1,318.62 | $940.97 | −28.6% Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Re… is 28.6% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 17.13s | 65.18s | +280.5% Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Re… is 280.5% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.30 / $0.90 | $0.60 / $3.60 | |
| Input modalities | Text | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- 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.
- 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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