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NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra vs OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra Pro

On input price, NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra is ~3.3× cheaper. Verified 2026-10-21.

NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra $0.600/$2.40vsOpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra Pro $2.00/$12.00

Verdict

On blended price (3:1 input:output), NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra is ~4.3× cheaper ($0.600/$2.40 vs $2.00/$12.00 per 1M tokens). OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra Pro scores higher on intelligence (57 vs 38, Artificial Analysis) — pay more only if that gap matters for your workload.

Pricing

Per-million-token list prices, verified 2026-10-21. Green marks the better value.

MetricNVIDIA: Nemotron 3 UltraOpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra Pro
Input / 1M$0.600$2.00
Output / 1M$2.40$12.00
Cache read / 1M$0.120$0.200
Blended (3:1)$1.05/1M$4.50/1M
Estimated monthly costNVIDIA: Nemotron 3 UltraOpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra Pro
Chatbot10,000 reqs · 800/400 tok$14.40$64.00
Coding agent5,000 reqs · 8000/2000 tok$48.00$200.00
RAG pipeline30,000 reqs · 4000/500 tok$108.00$420.00

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Specifications & capabilities

MetricNVIDIA: Nemotron 3 UltraOpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra Pro
Context window262K1.1M
Max output183K128K
Vision input–✓
Tool calling✓✓
Reasoning✓✓

Quality

Intelligence Index by Artificial Analysis (independent evaluations, 0–100).

Intelligence Index — higher is better
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra38
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra Pro57

Sources: NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra on Artificial Analysis · OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra Pro on Artificial Analysis

Performance

Measured by Artificial Analysis on live endpoints.

Output speed — higher is better
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra85 tok/s
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra Pro80 tok/s
Latency (TTFT) — lower is better
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra1,200 ms
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra Pro1,300 ms
MetricNVIDIA: Nemotron 3 UltraOpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra Pro
Cost per task$0.000015$0.000016

Provider

Infrastructure metrics for the organizations behind these models.

MetricNVIDIAOpenAI
Listed endpoints812
Reliability99.7%99.9%
Avg latency380 ms450 ms
Pricing tiersstandard, free, batchstandard, batch, provisioned

Full details: NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra pricing · OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra Pro pricing