Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Non-reasoning, Low Effort) vs Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning)

Anthropic · NVIDIA · catalog 2026-09-14

Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning) beats Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Non-reasoning, Low Effort): cheaper ($0.52 vs $2.31/M) and at least as smart (index 23.4 vs 23.3).

	Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Non-reasoning, Low Effort)	Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning)
Speed (tok/s)	42.2 measured	160.4 measured
Blended $/M	$2.31 derived	$0.52 derived
Intelligence index	23.3 measured	23.4 measured
TTFT (ms)	229 measured	23 measured
Context	—	—
Coding index	not measured for both
Agentic index	not measured for both

Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Non-reasoning, Low Effort) card · Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning) card · 3D observatory

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