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Verdict · measured basis
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning costs $0.0003 per solved task against
gpt-oss-120b at $0.0011 — ▼ 3.7x cheaper .
Over 200 tasks that is $0.15 a month.
On output token price alone gpt-oss-120b looks 1.2x cheaper. The ranking reverses once you divide by pass rate — the cheaper tokens do not win the task.
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Verified pricing, pass rate and cost per solved task for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and gpt-oss-120b Figure Nemotron 3.5 Lightning gpt-oss-120b Input $/Mtok $0.08 $0.037 Output $/Mtok $0.2 $0.17 Cached input $/Mtok $0.04 $0.037 Pass rate 86% 60% Cost per solved task $0.0003 measured $0.0011 measured Cost per month $0.06 $0.21
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Monthly cost against tasks per month Log-log lines for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (measured, $0.0003 per solved task), gpt-oss-120b (measured, $0.0011 per solved task) from 10 to 100,000 tasks a month. Marker at 200 tasks. 10 100 1k 10k 100k $0.01 $0.1 $1 $10 $100 TASKS / MONTH (log) → 200 tasks Nemotron 3.5 Lightning · MEASURED · $0.0003 per solved task $0.06 Nemotron 3.5 Lightni… MEASURED gpt-oss-120b · MEASURED · $0.0011 per solved task $0.21 gpt-oss-120b MEASURED Monthly cost against tasks per month Log-log lines for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (measured, $0.0003 per solved task), gpt-oss-120b (measured, $0.0011 per solved task) from 10 to 100,000 tasks a month. Marker at 200 tasks. 10 100 1k 10k 100k $0.01 $0.1 $1 $10 $100 TASKS / MONTH (log) → 200 tasks Nemotron 3.5 Lightning · MEASURED · $0.0003 per solved task $0.06 gpt-oss-120b · MEASURED · $0.0011 per solved task $0.21 — Nemotron 3.5 Lightning · MEASURED — gpt-oss-120b · MEASURED Solid measured · dashed modeled · dotted stale. The gap is the verdict.
Solvency Bench (solvency.dev) — first-party measurement · verified 2026-08-26 · prices from each provider's pricing page; measured rows ignore the tier · Methodology · All models at these settings