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Released March 2026

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) API Provider Benchmarking & Analysis

Model Comparison

This analysis is intended to support you in choosing the best API provider of Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) for your use-case.

Fastest

#1
NebiusNebius
193.5 t/s
#2
Crusoe (FP8)Crusoe (FP8)
163.0 t/s

Output speed

Total 3 providers

Lowest Latency

#1
NebiusNebius
11.94 s
#2
Crusoe (FP8)Crusoe (FP8)
12.89 s

Time to first answer token

Total 3 providers

Lowest Price

#1
DeepInfraDeepInfra
$0.12
#2
NebiusNebius
$0.36
#3
Crusoe (FP8)Crusoe (FP8)
$0.40

Blended price (per 1M tokens)

Total 3 providers

Nemotron 3 Super is available through 3 API providers, each offering different performance characteristics and pricing. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across providers.

  • For output speed, the top providers are Nebius (193.5 t/s) and Crusoe (FP8) (163.0 t/s).
  • For latency, Nebius (11.94s) and Crusoe (FP8) (12.89s) offer the lowest time to first answer token.
  • For pricing, DeepInfra (0.12), Nebius (0.36), and Crusoe (FP8) (0.40) offer the lowest blended prices per 1M tokens.
  • Nebius offers the best performance with both the highest speed and lowest latency. For cost optimization, DeepInfra provides the most competitive pricing.

Highlights

Output tokens per second · Higher is better
Seconds to first answer token received · Lower is better
USD per 1M tokens (blended) · Lower is better

Update: Default performance benchmarking workload has updated to 10k input tokens to better reflect production use cases. You can still select different workloads above.

Pricing

Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output

Price (USD per M Tokens) · Lower is better · 10,000 input tokens

Pricing: Blended Price

Blended at 7:2:1 (cache-input-output) · USD per 1M tokens (blended) · Lower is better

Pricing: Cache Discount

1 - (cache hit price / input price) · Higher is better

Output Speed vs. Price

Blended at 7:2:1 (cache-input-output) · Output speed: output tokens per second · USD per 1M tokens (blended)
Most attractive quadrant

Speed

Measured by Output Speed (tokens per second)

Output Speed: Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)

Output speed: output tokens per second · 10,000 input tokens

Latency vs. Output Speed

Latency: seconds to first token received · Output speed: output tokens per second · 10,000 input tokens
Most attractive quadrant
Pareto line

Latency

Measured by Time (seconds) to First Token

Time to First Answer Token

Seconds to first token received · Lower is better · 10,000 input tokens

End-to-End Response Time

Seconds to output 500 tokens, calculated based on time to first token, 'thinking' time for reasoning models, and output speed

End-to-End Response Time

Seconds to output 500 tokens, including reasoning model 'thinking' time · Lower is better · 10,000 input tokens

Key Comparison Metrics & API Features

Crusoe logoCrusoe
262k
Open
$1.14
163
0.62
15.96
12.27
Nebius logoNebius
256k
Open
$1.64
193
1.60
14.52
10.34
DeepInfra logoDeepInfra
262k
Open
$0.48
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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) providers