Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

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

Gemini 2.5 Pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 67 to 61. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Gemini 2.5 Pro's sharpest advantage is in multimodal & grounded, where it averages 85.1 against 60.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMMU-Pro, 86 to 55. Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B does hit back in coding, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Gemini 2.5 Pro is also the more expensive model on tokens at $1.25 input / $5.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. Gemini 2.5 Pro gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 256K for Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B.

Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 2.5 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.

Agentic

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Gemini 2.5 Pro

61.7

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

55.3

61
Terminal-Bench 2.0
55
72
BrowseComp
59
55
OSWorld-Verified
53

Coding

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Gemini 2.5 Pro

41

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

44.2

75
HumanEval
59
45
SWE-bench Verified
46
37
LiveCodeBench
42
44
SWE-bench Pro
46

Multimodal & Grounded

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Gemini 2.5 Pro

85.1

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

60.4

86
MMMU-Pro
55
84
OfficeQA Pro
67

Reasoning

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Gemini 2.5 Pro

80.7

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

71.8

81
SimpleQA
64
79
MuSR
62
81
BBH
88
80
LongBench v2
77
83
MRCRv2
77

Knowledge

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Gemini 2.5 Pro

58.4

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

55.8

83
MMLU
68
83
GPQA
67
81
SuperGPQA
65
79
OpenBookQA
63
76
MMLU-Pro
75
3
HLE
16
70
FrontierScience
66

Instruction Following

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Gemini 2.5 Pro

83

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

86

83
IFEval
86

Multilingual

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Gemini 2.5 Pro

82.7

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

81.5

84
MGSM
86
82
MMLU-ProX
79

Mathematics

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Gemini 2.5 Pro

83.5

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

74.6

84
AIME 2023
67
86
AIME 2024
69
85
AIME 2025
68
80
HMMT Feb 2023
63
82
HMMT Feb 2024
65
81
HMMT Feb 2025
64
83
BRUMO 2025
66
84
MATH-500
85

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

Gemini 2.5 Pro is ahead overall, 67 to 61. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMMU-Pro, where the scores are 86 and 55.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

Gemini 2.5 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 58.4 versus 55.8. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 44.2 versus 41. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

Gemini 2.5 Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 83.5 versus 74.6. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

Gemini 2.5 Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 80.7 versus 71.8. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

Gemini 2.5 Pro has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 61.7 versus 55.3. Inside this category, BrowseComp is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

Gemini 2.5 Pro has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 85.1 versus 60.4. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 86 versus 83. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

Gemini 2.5 Pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.7 versus 81.5. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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