Nemotron Research Reasoning vs Claude Opus 5.5
Benchmarks, API Token Pricing, Context Window & Speed Comparison
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Compare Nemotron Research Reasoning by NVIDIA against Claude Opus 5.5 by Anthropic across real-world coding, reasoning, token economics, and latency.
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Nemotron Research Reasoning
Modelo de Pesos AbertosO Nemotron Research Reasoning da NVIDIA é um modelo de inteligência artificial com janela de contexto de 128K tokens e preço de API de $0/1M na entrada e $0/1M na saída, projetado para programação, raciocínio e automação empresarial.
$0.00 / 1M
$0.00 / 1M
128K tokens
48.5%
Claude Opus 5.5
Modelo de Raciocínio ProfundoO Claude Opus 5.5 da Anthropic é um modelo de inteligência artificial com janela de contexto de 1M tokens e preço de API de $4.0/1M na entrada e $20.0/1M na saída, projetado para programação, raciocínio e automação empresarial.
$4.00 / 1M
$20.00 / 1M
1M tokens
84.6%
Principais Diferenças em Resumo
- Nemotron Research Reasoning is 1.0x cheaper for API usage (input + output tokens combined).
- Claude Opus 5.5 has a larger context window (1M vs 128K tokens).
- Claude Opus 5.5 is faster at 78 tok/s vs 45 tok/s.
- Claude Opus 5.5 leads on SWE-bench coding (84.6% vs 48.5%).
| Feature | Nemotron Research Reasoning | Claude Opus 5.5 |
|---|---|---|
Intelligence Index Composite reasoning & knowledge score (0-100) | 68 | 94 |
Provider | NVIDIA | Anthropic |
Input Price Cost per million input tokens | $0.00 / 1M | $4.00 / 1M |
Output Price Cost per million output tokens | $0.00 / 1M | $20.00 / 1M |
Blended Price Weighted 7:2:1 cache:input:output per 1M | $0.00 / 1M | $3.08 / 1M |
Context Window Maximum input + output tokens | 128K tokens~192 A4 pages of text | 1M tokens~1,500 A4 pages of text |
Max Output Tokens Per single request | 16K | 128K |
Throughput Speed Tokens generated per second | 45 tok/s | 78 tok/s |
SWE-bench Verified Real-world software engineering | 48.5% | 84.6% |
GPQA Diamond Graduate-level reasoning | 62% | 82.3% |
Cached Input Price Prompt caching discount per 1M tokens | $0.00 / 1M | $0.40 / 1M |
Quem vence em cada categoria?
At-a-glance decision frameworkPontuações de Benchmarks Verificadas
Official evaluation metrics verified by independent third-party research labs.
Industry benchmark evaluating real-world GitHub issue resolution and multi-file debugging.
Challenging questions created by domain experts to test complex PhD-level reasoning.
Hardened reasoning and academic knowledge benchmark with reduced lucky-guess probability.
Crowdsourced human preference evaluation based on blind, head-to-head model battles.
Extremely difficult, closed-ended questions spanning the frontier of human expert knowledge.
Autonomous multi-step tasks executed inside a real command-line terminal environment.
Research-grade coding problems drawn from real scientific and numerical workloads.
Contamination-free competitive programming problems collected continuously over time.
American Invitational Mathematics Examination — multi-step Olympiad-level reasoning.
Accuracy when reasoning over very large inputs that fill the model context window.
Tokens emitted per second during active generation streaming.
Latência e Tempo de Resposta
Time to first token (TTFT) and estimated end-to-end response time for a typical 500-token response.
Simulador Interativo de Custo de Tokens
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Nemotron Research Reasoning · Strengths & Key Advantages
- Arquitetura Research-Grade Dense Transformer avançada da NVIDIA com contexto de 128K tokens
- Excelente relação custo-benefício ($0/1M entrada, $0/1M saída) e baixa latência
- Forte desempenho em benchmarks de código, análise lógica e tarefas multilíngues
Considerations & Trade-offs
- Cargas de trabalho com contexto máximo exigem monitoramento de custos de tokens
- Requer engenharia de prompt adequada para fluxos de trabalho altamente específicos
Claude Opus 5.5 · Strengths & Key Advantages
- Arquitetura Extended Autonomous Hybrid Reasoning Transformer avançada da Anthropic com contexto de 1M tokens
- Excelente relação custo-benefício ($4.0/1M entrada, $20.0/1M saída) e baixa latência
- Forte desempenho em benchmarks de código, análise lógica e tarefas multilíngues
Considerations & Trade-offs
- Cargas de trabalho com contexto máximo exigem monitoramento de custos de tokens
- Requer engenharia de prompt adequada para fluxos de trabalho altamente específicos
Token Use & Task Economics
Estimated cost and token consumption to complete one representative agentic task.
| Metric | Nemotron Research Reasoning | Claude Opus 5.5 |
|---|---|---|
Cost per Task Estimated USD to finish one task | $0.00 | $3.85 |
Output Tokens / Task Tokens generated per task | 18K | 68K |
Reasoning Tokens / Task Thinking tokens burned per task | 12K | 42K |
Especificações Técnicas
Architecture, release timeline, capabilities, and modalities.
| Feature | Nemotron Research Reasoning | Claude Opus 5.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Official API Model ID (SDK) | nemotron-research-reasoning | claude-opus-5-5-20260901 |
| API Protocol | OpenAI-Compatible REST / vLLM / SGLang / HuggingFace TGI | Anthropic Messages API + AWS Bedrock + Vertex AI |
| Release Date | 2025-08 | 2026-09 |
| Knowledge Cutoff | July 2025 | June 2026 |
| Architecture | Research-Grade Dense Transformer | Extended Autonomous Hybrid Reasoning Transformer |
| Parameters | 70B | Confidential |
| Enterprise Rate Limits (RPM / TPM) | Unlimited (Hardware-bound on self-hosted GPU) / 10,000 RPM Cloud · Unlimited local throughput / 10M+ TPM Managed Cloud | 4,000 – 10,000 RPM (Tier 4 + Priority Tier) · 4,000,000 – 10,000,000 TPM |
| Long-Context Tier (>128K/200K) | Free across full context window (only KV-cache VRAM scales) | Standard rate up to 200K tokens; 2x input/output tier above 200K tokens |
| Prompt Cache Policy & TTL | Automatic prefix KV-caching in vLLM / SGLang (0 cost) | $0.4/1M cached read (90% off); 5-min default & 1-hour extended TTL |
| Computer Use / GUI Agent | API / CLI Tool-Use & DOM Agent ready (no raw pixel desktop click loop) | Supported (Screen coordinate grounding, browser & desktop GUI action loops) |
| MCP & Parallel Tool Calling | Native MCP Client/Server ready · Parallel function calling · 100% Strict JSON Schema | Native MCP Client/Server ready · Parallel function calling · 100% Strict JSON Schema |
| Web Search Grounding & Sandbox | Supported via external Tavily/Exa Search & E2B/Docker Sandbox tools | Native Web Search Citations + Code Execution Tool + MCP Connectors |
| Official Fine-Tuning Support | Full Weights SFT, LoRA, QLoRA, DPO & GRPO RL (Unsloth / Axolotl / Llama-Factory) | Custom Model Tuning via Amazon Bedrock & Prompt Distillation |
| Multimodal Token Billing | Text BPE (~4 chars/token) | Text BPE (~4 chars/token) · Vision (~258–765 tokens per image tile) |
| Quantization & Min GPU VRAM | BF16 / FP16, FP8 Dynamic, INT4 AWQ / GPTQ, GGUF (Q4_K_M / Q8_0) · 43 GB VRAM (4-bit Quantized) · 151 GB VRAM (Native BF16) | Cloud-Hosted Proprietary (FP8 / BF16 Tensor Core Cluster) · Zero Local VRAM Required (100% Serverless Cloud API) |
| Safety & Frontier Classification | Open-Weights System Card + Customizable Guardrail Layer (Llama Guard / ShieldGemma) | Anthropic RSP ASL-2 / ASL-3 Constitutional Safety Evaluated |
| Enterprise Compliance (ZDR/HIPAA/SOC2) | 100% Air-Gapped On-Premises / Private VPC · Full HIPAA, GDPR & SOC2 Control | SOC2 Type II · GDPR · Zero Data Retention (ZDR) & HIPAA BAA Available on Enterprise Tier |
| Input Modalities | text | text, vision |
| Output Modalities | text | text |
Nemotron Research Reasoning vs Claude Opus 5.5: Respostas Rápidas (FAQ)
Which is more intelligent, Nemotron Research Reasoning or Claude Opus 5.5?
Claude Opus 5.5 is more intelligent. It scores 94 compared with 68 on the composite Intelligence Index.
Which model is faster?
Claude Opus 5.5 is faster, generating 78 tokens per second compared with 45 tokens per second.
Which model is cheaper to run?
Nemotron Research Reasoning is cheaper at $0.00 per 1M tokens blended, compared with $3.08 (7:2:1 cache:input:output ratio).
Which model has lower latency?
Nemotron Research Reasoning has lower latency, with a time to first token of 0.52s compared with 1.40s.
Which model has a larger context window?
Claude Opus 5.5 has a larger context window, supporting 1M tokens compared with 128K tokens.
Veredito
Choose Nemotron Research Reasoning for automação corporativa, engenharia de software, agentes autônomos e pipelines de produção com nvidia, or choose Claude Opus 5.5 for automação corporativa, engenharia de software, agentes autônomos e pipelines de produção com anthropic.
Perguntas Frequentes (FAQ)
Which is cheaper: Nemotron Research Reasoning or Claude Opus 5.5?+
Nemotron Research Reasoning costs $0/1M input and $0/1M output tokens, while Claude Opus 5.5 costs $4/1M input and $20/1M output tokens.
Which model has a larger context window: Nemotron Research Reasoning or Claude Opus 5.5?+
Nemotron Research Reasoning supports 128K tokens whereas Claude Opus 5.5 supports 1M tokens.
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Fontes oficiais: NVIDIA & Anthropic Official Documentation