Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B vs DeepSeek V3.1

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 61 to 35. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 71.8 against 40.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMLU, 68 to 33.

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 128K for DeepSeek V3.1.

Quick Verdict

Pick Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V3.1 only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Agentic

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

55.3

DeepSeek V3.1

32.9

55
Terminal-Bench 2.0
29
59
BrowseComp
39
53
OSWorld-Verified
33

Coding

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

44.2

DeepSeek V3.1

14.8

59
HumanEval
25
46
SWE-bench Verified
13
42
LiveCodeBench
15
46
SWE-bench Pro
15

Multimodal & Grounded

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

60.4

DeepSeek V3.1

39.5

55
MMMU-Pro
35
67
OfficeQA Pro
45

Reasoning

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

71.8

DeepSeek V3.1

40.7

64
SimpleQA
31
62
MuSR
29
88
BBH
61
77
LongBench v2
46
77
MRCRv2
48

Knowledge

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

55.8

DeepSeek V3.1

30.5

68
MMLU
33
67
GPQA
32
65
SuperGPQA
30
63
OpenBookQA
28
75
MMLU-Pro
53
16
HLE
2
66
FrontierScience
37

Instruction Following

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

86

DeepSeek V3.1

67

86
IFEval
67

Multilingual

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

81.5

DeepSeek V3.1

60.8

86
MGSM
64
79
MMLU-ProX
59

Mathematics

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

74.6

DeepSeek V3.1

44.2

67
AIME 2023
33
69
AIME 2024
35
68
AIME 2025
34
63
HMMT Feb 2023
29
65
HMMT Feb 2024
31
64
HMMT Feb 2025
30
66
BRUMO 2025
32
85
MATH-500
59

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or DeepSeek V3.1?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B is ahead overall, 61 to 35. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 68 and 33.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or DeepSeek V3.1?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.8 versus 30.5. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or DeepSeek V3.1?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 44.2 versus 14.8. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or DeepSeek V3.1?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 74.6 versus 44.2. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or DeepSeek V3.1?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 71.8 versus 40.7. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or DeepSeek V3.1?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.3 versus 32.9. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or DeepSeek V3.1?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 60.4 versus 39.5. Inside this category, OfficeQA Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or DeepSeek V3.1?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 86 versus 67. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or DeepSeek V3.1?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.5 versus 60.8. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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