AI model comparison

Nemotron 3 Super vs gpt-oss-120b

Pricing, context window, benchmarks, and features compared side by side. Or skip the guesswork and send one prompt to both.

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super is a 120B-parameter open hybrid MoE model, activating just 12B parameters for maximum compute efficiency and accuracy in complex multi-agent applications.

Input / 1M
$0.08
Output / 1M
$0.45
Context
262K

gpt-oss-120b is an open-weight, 117B-parameter Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) language model from OpenAI designed for high-reasoning, agentic, and general-purpose production use cases.

Input / 1M
$0.04
Output / 1M
$0.17
Context
131K

At a glance

Quick verdict

How the two models stack up on the things people ask about most.

Lower price

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gpt-oss-120b

2.4x cheaper for a typical chat

Higher intelligence score

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Nemotron 3 Super

12.8 vs 11.6 on Artificial Analysis

Larger context window

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Nemotron 3 Super

262K vs 131K tokens

Newer release

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Nemotron 3 Super

Released March 11, 2026

Benchmarks

Benchmark scores

Independent scores from Artificial Analysis. Higher is better.

Intelligence index

nvidia logoNemotron 3 Super12.8
openai logogpt-oss-120b11.6

Coding index

nvidia logoNemotron 3 Super37.7
openai logogpt-oss-120b30.4

Agentic index

nvidia logoNemotron 3 Super1.7
openai logogpt-oss-120b3.7

Pricing

Nemotron 3 Super vs gpt-oss-120b API pricing

Per-token API rates. Cheaper option highlighted.

Metricnvidia logoNemotron 3 Superopenai logogpt-oss-120b
Input tokensPer 1M tokens$0.08$0.04
Output tokensPer 1M tokens$0.45$0.17
Cached input (read)Per 1M tokensNot availableNot available
Cache writePer 1M tokensNot availableNot available

What it costs in practice

Estimated cost per 1,000 requests at standard rates. Coding and long-document figures also show the cost when the input is already cached.

Chat message

2K in, 500 out

nvidia logoNemotron 3 Super$0.39
openai logogpt-oss-120b$0.16

Coding task

30K in, 4K out

nvidia logoNemotron 3 Super$4.20
openai logogpt-oss-120b$1.79

Long document summary

150K in, 2K out

nvidia logoNemotron 3 Super$12.90
openai logogpt-oss-120b$5.89

Specs

Context window and capabilities

How much each model can read, how much it can write, and what it accepts as input.

Metricnvidia logoNemotron 3 Superopenai logogpt-oss-120b
Context window262K tokens131K tokens
Max output236K tokens118K tokens
Input typesTextText
Output typesTextText
Reasoning effort levelsMedium, LowHigh, Medium, Low
Default reasoning effortMediumMedium
Release dateMarch 11, 2026August 5, 2025

Features

Supported features

API features available for each model.

Metricnvidia logoNemotron 3 Superopenai logogpt-oss-120b
Tool callingSupportedSupported
Structured outputsSupportedSupported
JSON modeSupportedSupported
ReasoningSupportedSupported
TemperatureSupportedSupported
Stop sequencesSupportedSupported
Deterministic seedSupportedSupported
Verbosity controlNot supportedNot supported

Our take

gpt-oss-120b is 2.4x cheaper for a typical chat. Nemotron 3 Super scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (12.8 vs 11.6). Nemotron 3 Super has the larger context window (262K vs 131K tokens). The right pick depends on your workload, so the quickest way to settle it is to send the same prompt to both and compare.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is Nemotron 3 Super or gpt-oss-120b cheaper?

gpt-oss-120b is cheaper for a typical chat (2K input tokens and 500 output tokens). gpt-oss-120b costs $0.04 per 1M input tokens and $0.17 per 1M output tokens, while Nemotron 3 Super costs $0.08 per 1M input tokens and $0.45 per 1M output tokens.

Which has a bigger context window, Nemotron 3 Super or gpt-oss-120b?

Nemotron 3 Super supports up to 262K tokens of context, compared with 131K for gpt-oss-120b.

Is Nemotron 3 Super smarter than gpt-oss-120b?

On the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, Nemotron 3 Super scores 12.8 and gpt-oss-120b scores 11.6, putting Nemotron 3 Super ahead. Benchmarks don't capture everything, so the best test is running your own prompts through both.

Can I use Nemotron 3 Super and gpt-oss-120b at the same time?

Yes. Shortcut Chat sends one prompt to multiple models at once, so you can see Nemotron 3 Super and gpt-oss-120b answer side by side and keep the better response.

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Why choose? Ask both.

Send one prompt to Nemotron 3 Super and gpt-oss-120b at the same time. Compare the answers side by side and keep the best one.