GPT-4.1 vs Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

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

GPT-4.1 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 65 to 61. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-4.1's sharpest advantage is in multimodal & grounded, where it averages 73.6 against 60.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is AIME 2024, 26.4 to 69. Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B does hit back in mathematics, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

GPT-4.1 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $2.00 input / $8.00 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. GPT-4.1 gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 256K for Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-4.1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B only becomes the better choice if mathematics is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.

Agentic

GPT-4.1

GPT-4.1

64.7

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

55.3

61
Terminal-Bench 2.0
55
73
BrowseComp
59
63
OSWorld-Verified
53

Coding

GPT-4.1

GPT-4.1

51.7

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

44.2

54.6
SWE-bench Verified
46
51
SWE-bench Pro
46
Coming soon
HumanEval
59
Coming soon
LiveCodeBench
42

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-4.1

GPT-4.1

73.6

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

60.4

70
MMMU-Pro
55
78
OfficeQA Pro
67

Reasoning

GPT-4.1

GPT-4.1

80.9

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

71.8

80
LongBench v2
77
82
MRCRv2
77
Coming soon
SimpleQA
64
Coming soon
MuSR
62
Coming soon
BBH
88

Knowledge

GPT-4.1

GPT-4.1

63.3

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

55.8

90.2
MMLU
68
66.3
GPQA
67
61
FrontierScience
66
Coming soon
SuperGPQA
65
Coming soon
OpenBookQA
63
Coming soon
MMLU-Pro
75
Coming soon
HLE
16

Instruction Following

GPT-4.1

GPT-4.1

87.4

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

86

87.4
IFEval
86

Multilingual

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

GPT-4.1

69

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

81.5

69
MMLU-ProX
79
Coming soon
MGSM
86

Mathematics

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

GPT-4.1

26.4

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

74.6

26.4
AIME 2024
69
Coming soon
AIME 2023
67
Coming soon
AIME 2025
68
Coming soon
HMMT Feb 2023
63
Coming soon
HMMT Feb 2024
65
Coming soon
HMMT Feb 2025
64
Coming soon
BRUMO 2025
66
Coming soon
MATH-500
85

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-4.1 or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

GPT-4.1 is ahead overall, 65 to 61. The biggest single separator in this matchup is AIME 2024, where the scores are 26.4 and 69.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-4.1 or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

GPT-4.1 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 63.3 versus 55.8. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-4.1 or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

GPT-4.1 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 51.7 versus 44.2. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-4.1 or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 74.6 versus 26.4. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-4.1 or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

GPT-4.1 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 80.9 versus 71.8. Inside this category, MRCRv2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-4.1 or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

GPT-4.1 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 64.7 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, GPT-4.1 or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

GPT-4.1 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 73.6 versus 60.4. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-4.1 or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

GPT-4.1 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 87.4 versus 86. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-4.1 or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.5 versus 69. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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