Claude Opus 5 vs Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b

API pricing, context window and capabilities for Claude Opus 5 and Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b, side by side. Prices are the cheapest listed serving route per 1M tokens, from LiteLLM and OpenRouter.

Verdict

computed from the published numbers

Claude Opus 5 wins on Terminal-Bench, on intelligence and on context window. Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b wins on price.

Price
Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b
Terminal-Bench
Claude Opus 5
Intelligence
Claude Opus 5
Context window
Claude Opus 5

Key takeaways

who wins on what, from the published numbers

Claude Opus 5 wins

  • Larger context window (1M vs 262K)
  • More serving providers (9 vs 3)
  • Has web search

Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b wins

  • Cheaper input ($5.00 vs $0.50 /1M)
  • Cheaper output ($25.00 vs $2.15 /1M)
  • Higher max output (128K vs 203K)
Cheaper overall
Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b
$0.50 + $2.15 /1M
Larger context
Claude Opus 5
1M
More providers
Claude Opus 5
9 providers

Pricing & specs

cheapest listed route · per 1M tokens
On-demand listed rates, OpenRouter routed quotes and Vercel reseller quotes. Enterprise commitments can be materially lower.
Claude Opus 5Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b
Input $/1M$5.00via Anthropic $0.50via DeepInfra best
Output $/1M$25.00via Anthropic $2.15via Wandb best
Context window1M best262K
Max output128K 203K best
Serving providers9 best3
DateReleased Jul 24, 2026 Released Jun 4, 2026

Benchmarks

Benchmark scores, side by side
Claude Opus 5Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b
Intelligence50.8 best22.9
Terminal-Bench89% best54%
GPQA Diamond93% best87%
Output speed56 t/s 166 t/s best
Latency (TTFT)107.27s 1.12s best

Cost calculator

choose a serving route for each side
Input tokens / month
Output tokens / month
Claude Opus 5
via OpenRouter
$50
Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b
via DeepInfra
$4.70

Capabilities

feature support, side by side
FeatureClaude Opus 5Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b
Vision✓✓
Tool use✓✓
Reasoning✓✓
Audio——
Prompt caching✓✓
Structured output✓✓
Web search✓—

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Frequently asked questions

Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 5 or Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b?
Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b is cheaper for input ($5.00 vs $0.50 per 1M tokens) from DeepInfra. Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b is cheaper for output ($25.00 vs $2.15 per 1M tokens) from Wandb.
What is the context window difference between Claude Opus 5 and Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b?
Claude Opus 5 has a 1M-token context window and Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b has 262K tokens, so Claude Opus 5 can take a larger prompt.
How do Claude Opus 5 and Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b compare on benchmarks?
On the tracked benchmarks, Claude Opus 5 leads on Terminal-Bench, and Claude Opus 5 leads on intelligence.
Listed prices from LiteLLM, OpenRouter and Vercel · last checked Oct 14, 2026

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