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Claude Instant vs Nvidia Nemotron Super 3 120b

This page is context-first: how much text each model can take in one request. Full specs adds capabilities and limits; the pricing matrix below is only about $/million tokens from hosts that list both models.

Anthropic

Model

Claude Instant

Context window

100K

100,000 tokens · ~75K words

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Nvidia

Model

Nvidia Nemotron Super 3 120b

Tool calling

Context window

256K

256,000 tokens · ~192K words

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Context window · side by side

Bar length is relative to the larger of the two windows (100% = max of this pair). This is not pricing.

Claude Instant100K
Nvidia Nemotron Super 3 120b256K

Nvidia Nemotron Super 3 120b has about 2.6× the context window of the other in this pair.

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Nvidia Nemotron Super 3 120b has 156% more context capacity (256K vs 100K tokens). Nvidia Nemotron Super 3 120b is 81% cheaper on input.

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • Long document processing

    Use Nvidia Nemotron Super 3 120b. Its 256K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 100K).

  • RAG / high-volume retrieval

    Use Nvidia Nemotron Super 3 120b. Input tokens are 81% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.

  • Long output (reports, code files)

    Use Nvidia Nemotron Super 3 120b. Its 32K max output lets you generate complete artifacts in one request.

Full specs

Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.

SpecClaude InstantNvidia Nemotron Super 3 120b
Context window100,000 tokens (100K)256,000 tokens (256K)
Max output tokens8,191 tokens (8K)32,768 tokens (32K)
Speed tierBalancedBalanced
VisionNoNo
Function callingNoYes
Extended thinkingNoYes
Prompt cachingNoNo
Batch APIYesNo
Release dateN/AN/A

Pricing matrix

Dollar rates only: hosts that list both models, per 1M tokens. For how much text fits, use the context section above — not this table.

ProviderClaude Instant inClaude Instant outNvidia Nemotron Super 3 120b inNvidia Nemotron Super 3 120b out
Aws Bedrock$0.800/M$2.40/M$0.150/M$0.650/M

Frequently asked questions

Nvidia Nemotron Super 3 120b has a larger context window: 256K tokens vs 100K. For long documents, large codebases, or extended agent sessions, the larger context window reduces the need to chunk inputs or summarize history.

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