Claude Opus 5.5 vs NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B
Claude Opus 5.5 grades higher overall (99.5 against 50.3). NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B costs 98% less for the same work.
Claude Opus 5.5
by Anthropic · #1 of 67 overall
- Context
- 1M
- Input / 1M
- $4.00
- Output / 1M
- $20.00
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B
by NVIDIA · #48 of 67 overall
- Context
- 256K
- Input / 1M
- $0.075
- Output / 1M
- $0.40
Better overall
Claude Opus 5.5
Grade 99.5 vs 50.3
Cheaper
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B
98% less, $0.16 vs $8.00 blended
Larger context
Claude Opus 5.5
1M vs 256K tokens
Head to head
Public benchmarks. Longer is better; each value links to its source.
Claude Opus 5.5NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12Bv = reported by the model’s maker. — = no public score yet. Arena bars span the range across every model we grade.
What it costs you
Drag to match your monthly usage.
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B saves you $1,569 a month at this usage, $18,828 a year.
At a glance
| Attribute | Claude Opus 5.5 | NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B |
|---|---|---|
| Made by | Anthropic | NVIDIA |
| Availability | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Overall grade | Excellent · 99.5 | Good · 50.3 |
| Overall rank | #1 of 67 | #48 of 67 |
| Input price | $4.00 per 1M | $0.075 per 1M |
| Output price | $20.00 per 1M | $0.40 per 1M |
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens | 262,144 tokens |
| Reasoning levels | Yes | No |
| Reads images | Yes | No |
| Model ID | claude-opus-5-5 | nvidia-nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b |
Try both with one key
Same endpoint, same key, both hosted in the USA. Change one word to switch models, in Claude Code, Cursor, Cline or your own code.
Get your API key# Ask either model the same thing curl https://fullsendai.com/v1/chat/completions \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FULLSEND_API_KEY" \ -d '{"model": "claude-opus-5-5", "messages": [...]}' # …then swap one word -d '{"model": "nvidia-nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b", "messages": [...]}'
Questions
Is Claude Opus 5.5 or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B better?
Claude Opus 5.5 grades 99.5 against 50.3 for NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B, from public benchmarks.
Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 5.5 or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B: $0.075 in and $0.40 out per million tokens, against $4.00 and $20.00 through FullsendAI.
Which has the larger context window?
Claude Opus 5.5, with 1,000,000 tokens.
Can I use both with one API key?
Yes, once they launch: both are coming soon, at the prices shown, and both will use the same FullsendAI key.
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Scores: LMArena (CC BY 4.0), SWE-bench, Scale AI SWE-Bench Pro, Terminal-Bench, and model makers’ published results where marked v. Prices are FullsendAI’s, per million tokens. Data as of Oct 28, 2026.