Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) or Step-3.5-Flash?
As of August 25, 2026, Step-3.5-Flash is 7% cheaper on blended LLM API pricing. Step-3.5-Flash costs $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens ($0.50 blended 1M-in + 1M-out). Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) costs $0.09 / $0.45 per million tokens ($0.54 blended). Sources: https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models and https://anotherwrapper.com/tools/llm-pricing. The cheapest LLM for your app still depends on how many output tokens you generate.
How much does Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) vs Step-3.5-Flash cost per million tokens?
Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) OpenRouter API pricing is $0.09 input and $0.45 output per million tokens via OpenRouter. Step-3.5-Flash StepFun API pricing is $0.10 input and $0.40 output per million tokens via StepFun. Use those four numbers, not ChatGPT Plus or Claude Pro subscription prices, when you are comparing APIs.
Which is better for coding, Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) or Step-3.5-Flash?
Step-3.5-Flash leads on SWE-bench Verified: Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) at 53.7% vs Step-3.5-Flash at 74.4%. SWE-bench measures real GitHub fixes; LiveCodeBench measures contest programming.
What is the context window for Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) vs Step-3.5-Flash?
Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) supports a 1M token context window, while Step-3.5-Flash supports 66K tokens. Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) offers a larger context window. Filling a larger window bills more input tokens, so the cheaper-per-million model can still cost more on long documents.
Which model performs better on benchmarks, Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) or Step-3.5-Flash?
Step-3.5-Flash leads on 5 of 5 shared benchmarks versus Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)'s 0 wins. Check the comparison table for GPQA Diamond, SWE-bench, MMLU, HLE, and the other evals we track. Token price and benchmark score together are the usual LLM comparison, not either number alone.
Is Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) or Step-3.5-Flash better for production use?
Both Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) and Step-3.5-Flash are production API models. For cost-sensitive production traffic, Step-3.5-Flash has better economics on the blended 1M-in + 1M-out scale. For maximum capability, weight the benchmark table for your domain. Many production stacks route cheap models for drafts and a frontier model for the hard turn, which is usually cheaper than sending everything to the expensive API.
Can I switch between Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) and Step-3.5-Flash in my app?
Yes. Call Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) through OpenRouter and Step-3.5-Flash through StepFun with separate API keys, or through a gateway that already wraps both. Keep prompts in tokens, not characters, when you estimate the invoice. AnotherWrapper templates can swap providers without rewriting auth and billing.
How accurate is this Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) vs Step-3.5-Flash pricing data?
List rates are the latest published OpenRouter API pricing and StepFun API pricing, quoted per million tokens. Official rate sheets: https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models and https://anotherwrapper.com/tools/llm-pricing. Prompt caching, batch APIs, and committed-use discounts can change the invoice. Benchmark scores are from official publications and independent evals, updated as new numbers land.
What is the output token limit for Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) and Step-3.5-Flash?
Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) supports up to 262K output tokens per request, while Step-3.5-Flash supports up to 8K output tokens. Output tokens are usually the expensive half of API pricing, so a higher max output cap is a capability, not a discount.
Which model has better throughput, Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) or Step-3.5-Flash?
Step-3.5-Flash has a measured throughput of approximately 150 tokens/second. Throughput data for Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) is not yet available. Throughput (tokens per second) and time-to-first-token are why two models with the same per-million-token price can still feel different in chat and agents.
How do I switch the models in this Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) vs Step-3.5-Flash comparison?
Use the model pickers at the top of this LLM comparison. Search any model in the index and the URL updates. Open Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) or Step-3.5-Flash from the sidebar for the single-model API pricing page, or go back to the LLM pricing table to sort by cheapest blended cost.
