Gemini 3 Flash vs Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

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

Gemini 3 Flash finishes one point ahead overall, 62 to 61. That is enough to call, but not enough to treat as a blowout. This matchup comes down to a few meaningful edges rather than one model dominating the board.

Gemini 3 Flash's sharpest advantage is in multimodal & grounded, where it averages 79.6 against 60.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMMU-Pro, 80 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 3 Flash is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.50 input / $3.00 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 3 Flash gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 256K for Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B.

Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 3 Flash 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 3 Flash

Gemini 3 Flash

57.5

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

55.3

56
Terminal-Bench 2.0
55
66
BrowseComp
59
53
OSWorld-Verified
53

Coding

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Gemini 3 Flash

40.4

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

44.2

62
HumanEval
59
44
SWE-bench Verified
46
36
LiveCodeBench
42
44
SWE-bench Pro
46

Multimodal & Grounded

Gemini 3 Flash

Gemini 3 Flash

79.6

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

60.4

80
MMMU-Pro
55
79
OfficeQA Pro
67

Reasoning

Gemini 3 Flash

Gemini 3 Flash

72

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

71.8

67
SimpleQA
64
65
MuSR
62
84
BBH
88
75
LongBench v2
77
76
MRCRv2
77

Knowledge

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Gemini 3 Flash

52.9

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

55.8

70
MMLU
68
69
GPQA
67
67
SuperGPQA
65
65
OpenBookQA
63
72
MMLU-Pro
75
6
HLE
16
65
FrontierScience
66

Instruction Following

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Gemini 3 Flash

85

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

86

85
IFEval
86

Multilingual

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Gemini 3 Flash

80.5

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

81.5

85
MGSM
86
78
MMLU-ProX
79

Mathematics

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Gemini 3 Flash

74

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

74.6

70
AIME 2023
67
72
AIME 2024
69
71
AIME 2025
68
66
HMMT Feb 2023
63
68
HMMT Feb 2024
65
67
HMMT Feb 2025
64
69
BRUMO 2025
66
80
MATH-500
85

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Gemini 3 Flash is ahead overall, 62 to 61. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMMU-Pro, where the scores are 80 and 55.

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

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.8 versus 52.9. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 44.2 versus 40.4. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 74.6 versus 74. Inside this category, MATH-500 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

Gemini 3 Flash has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 72 versus 71.8. Inside this category, BBH is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

Gemini 3 Flash has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 57.5 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 3 Flash or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

Gemini 3 Flash has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 79.6 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 3 Flash or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 86 versus 85. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.5 versus 80.5. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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