Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) vs Qwen3.8 27B (Medium)
Which is better for the money: Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) by NVIDIA or Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) by Alibaba? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-27.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Qwen3.8 27B (Medium)
Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) vs Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning): 115.6% more intelligence, 3.1% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 225.3% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) | Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 12.8 | 27.6 | +115.6% Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) is 2.2× more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $1,318.62 | $1,277.59 | −3.1% Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) is 3.1% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 17.13s | 55.73s | +225.3% Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) is 225.3% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.30 / $0.90 | $0.50 / $3.00 | |
| Input modalities | Text | Text, Image, Video |
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.
- Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
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