GPT-5.6 Sol vs Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b

API pricing, context window and capabilities for GPT-5.6 Sol 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

GPT-5.6 Sol 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
GPT-5.6 Sol
Intelligence
GPT-5.6 Sol
Context window
GPT-5.6 Sol

Key takeaways

who wins on what, from the published numbers

GPT-5.6 Sol wins

  • Larger context window (1.1M vs 262K)
  • More serving providers (6 vs 3)
  • Has web search

Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b wins

  • Cheaper input ($2.00 vs $0.50 /1M)
  • Cheaper output ($10.00 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
GPT-5.6 Sol
1.1M
More providers
GPT-5.6 Sol
6 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. An OpenRouter routed quote is the price of whichever upstream provider OpenRouter prefers today, so it moves day to day.
GPT-5.6 SolNvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b
Input $/1M$2.00OpenRouter routed quote $0.50via DeepInfra best
Output $/1M$10.00OpenRouter routed quote $2.15via Wandb best
Context window1.1M best262K
Max output128K 203K best
Serving providers6 best3
DateReleased Jul 9, 2026 Released Jun 4, 2026

Benchmarks

Benchmark scores, side by side
GPT-5.6 SolNvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b
Intelligence47.0 best22.9
Terminal-Bench90% best54%
GPQA Diamond94% best87%
Output speed94 t/s 166 t/s best
Latency (TTFT)138.40s 1.12s best

Cost calculator

choose a serving route for each side
Input tokens / month
Output tokens / month
GPT-5.6 Sol
via OpenRouter
$20
Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b
via DeepInfra
$4.70

Capabilities

feature support, side by side
FeatureGPT-5.6 SolNvidia 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, GPT-5.6 Sol or Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b?
Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b is cheaper for input ($2.00 vs $0.50 per 1M tokens) from DeepInfra. Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b is cheaper for output ($10.00 vs $2.15 per 1M tokens) from Wandb.
What is the context window difference between GPT-5.6 Sol and Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b?
GPT-5.6 Sol has a 1.1M-token context window and Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b has 262K tokens, so GPT-5.6 Sol can take a larger prompt.
How do GPT-5.6 Sol and Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55b compare on benchmarks?
On the tracked benchmarks, GPT-5.6 Sol leads on Terminal-Bench, and GPT-5.6 Sol leads on intelligence.
Listed prices from LiteLLM, OpenRouter and Vercel · last checked Oct 14, 2026

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