Claude Opus 5 vs NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL: Release Comparison

Comparison of the Claude Opus 5 and NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL releases: 5 and 2 models respectively, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across all 7 models.

  • For intelligence, Claude Opus 5 scores highest: Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) at 51, against NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning) at 7 for NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL.
  • For output speed, NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL is fastest: NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning) at 194 t/s, against Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Low Effort) at 60 t/s for Claude Opus 5.

Releases compared

Intelligence

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3.2 incorporates 10 evaluations: AA-Briefcase v1.1, GDPval-AA v2.1, AutomationBench-AA, Terminal-Bench 4.0, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GDP.pdf, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR v1.1
Estimate (independent evaluation forthcoming)

Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task
Most attractive quadrant
Claude Opus 5
Pareto line

Cost per Task (USD, Log Scale)

Cost

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task, segmented by token type. Lower is better

Speed & Latency

Output Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better

Capability Scores

Capability Indexes

Measures the performance of models on specific capabilities and industries
Finance & Accounting Index

Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better

Strategy & Ops Index

Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better

Legal Index

Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better

Healthcare & Medical Index

Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better

Engineering Index

Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better

Economics Index

Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better

Further details

Input modality
Output modality
Weights
Provider Benchmarks
Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)
Anthropic logoAnthropic
51
55
57
57
53
54
61
$5.86
$3.9
$5.00
$25.00
$0.50
$7,275
73k
43k
140M
56
49.25s
49.25s
58.11s
769.93s
-
1M
Jul 2026
-
Yes

Supports: text and image

Supports: text

Not available
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Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Xhigh Effort)
Anthropic logoAnthropic
50
54
54
56
53
53
60
$4.88
$3.9
$5.00
$25.00
$0.50
$5,868
61k
35k
111M
54
20.39s
20.39s
29.58s
685.03s
-
1M
Jul 2026
-
Yes

Supports: text and image

Supports: text

Not available
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Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, High Effort)
Anthropic logoAnthropic
48
51
53
54
52
52
58
$3.61
$3.9
$5.00
$25.00
$0.50
$4,332
46k
25k
81M
57
13.55s
13.55s
22.26s
486.65s
-
1M
Jul 2026
-
Yes

Supports: text and image

Supports: text

Not available
-
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Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Medium Effort)
Anthropic logoAnthropic
45
49
51
52
50
47
56
$2.19
$3.9
$5.00
$25.00
$0.50
$2,732
29k
15k
49M
58
4.84s
4.84s
13.51s
307.23s
-
1M
Jul 2026
-
Yes

Supports: text and image

Supports: text

Not available
-
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Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Low Effort)
Anthropic logoAnthropic
39
44
46
48
45
42
50
$1.10
$3.9
$5.00
$25.00
$0.50
$1,561
15k
7k
26M
60
2.94s
2.94s
11.28s
148.11s
-
1M
Jul 2026
-
Yes

Supports: text and image

Supports: text

Not available
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NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning)
NVIDIA logoNVIDIA
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$0.2
$0.20
$0.60
-
-
-
-
-
134
5.61s
20.55s
24.28s
-
13.2B
128k
Oct 2025
-
Yes

Supports: text and image

Supports: text

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NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning)
NVIDIA logoNVIDIA
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$0.2
$0.20
$0.60
-
-
-
-
-
194
1.61s
1.61s
4.18s
-
13.2B
128k
Oct 2025
-
No

Supports: text and image

Supports: text

Amazon BedrockDeepInfra