Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B vs Gemma 3 27B

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 38. 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 coding, where it averages 44.2 against 16. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MRCRv2, 77 to 44.

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 32K for Gemma 3 27B.

Quick Verdict

Pick Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 3 27B 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

Gemma 3 27B

34.4

55
Terminal-Bench 2.0
29
59
BrowseComp
42
53
OSWorld-Verified
35

Coding

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

44.2

Gemma 3 27B

16

59
HumanEval
37
46
SWE-bench Verified
16
42
LiveCodeBench
15
46
SWE-bench Pro
17

Multimodal & Grounded

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

60.4

Gemma 3 27B

41.7

55
MMMU-Pro
39
67
OfficeQA Pro
45

Reasoning

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

71.8

Gemma 3 27B

45.6

64
SimpleQA
43
62
MuSR
41
88
BBH
62
77
LongBench v2
47
77
MRCRv2
44

Knowledge

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

55.8

Gemma 3 27B

34.6

68
MMLU
45
67
GPQA
44
65
SuperGPQA
42
63
OpenBookQA
40
75
MMLU-Pro
50
16
HLE
3
66
FrontierScience
42

Instruction Following

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

86

Gemma 3 27B

67

86
IFEval
67

Multilingual

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

81.5

Gemma 3 27B

61.4

86
MGSM
64
79
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

74.6

Gemma 3 27B

49.4

67
AIME 2023
45
69
AIME 2024
47
68
AIME 2025
46
63
HMMT Feb 2023
41
65
HMMT Feb 2024
43
64
HMMT Feb 2025
42
66
BRUMO 2025
44
85
MATH-500
56

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Gemma 3 27B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B is ahead overall, 61 to 38. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MRCRv2, where the scores are 77 and 44.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Gemma 3 27B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.8 versus 34.6. Inside this category, MMLU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Gemma 3 27B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 44.2 versus 16. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Gemma 3 27B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 74.6 versus 49.4. Inside this category, MATH-500 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Gemma 3 27B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 71.8 versus 45.6. Inside this category, MRCRv2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Gemma 3 27B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.3 versus 34.4. 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 Gemma 3 27B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 60.4 versus 41.7. 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 Gemma 3 27B?

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 Gemma 3 27B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.5 versus 61.4. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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