Anthropic vs 
NVIDIA
Verdict
- Anthropic's flagship leads: Claude Fable 5 at 70.4 vs Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B at 58.3.
- NVIDIA's fastest ranked model (nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b, 231 tok/s) beats Anthropic's (Claude Haiku 4.5, 83 tok/s).
- NVIDIA publishes more open-weights models (32 vs 0).
- NVIDIA ships more often: one model every 26 days against every 40.
Best model per price band
Each provider’s highest-index model below the price ceiling. Purple marks the winner of the band.
| Price band | Anthropic | NVIDIA |
|---|---|---|
| Under $0.50/M | – | Gemma-4-31B-IT 55.4$0.205/M |
| Under $2/M | Claude 3 Haiku 36.9$0.500/M | Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B 58.3$1.00/M |
| Under $10/M | Claude Sonnet 5 61.2$4.00/M | Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B 58.3$1.00/M |
| Any price | Claude Fable 5 70.4$20.00/M | Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B 58.3$1.00/M |
Line-up
| Metric | Anthropic | NVIDIA |
|---|---|---|
| Flagship index | 70.4 | 58.3 |
| Ranked models | 20 | 19 |
| Open-weights models | 0 | 32 |
| Cheapest ranked, $/M | $0.500 | $0.063 |
| Fastest ranked, tok/s | 83 | 231 |
| Release cadence, days | 40 | 26 |
| Last release | 1 Sept 2026 | 11 Aug 2026 |
| Next expected | 25 Sept 2026 – 27 Oct 2026 | 26 Aug 2026 – 16 Sept 2026 |