GPT-5.2 Pro vs Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

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

GPT-5.2 Pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 90 to 61. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-5.2 Pro's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 84.8 against 44.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Pro, 89 to 46.

GPT-5.2 Pro is also the more expensive model on tokens at $25.00 input / $150.00 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-5.2 Pro is the reasoning model in the pair, while Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. GPT-5.2 Pro gives you the larger context window at 400K, compared with 256K for Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.2 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill or you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Agentic

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

85.9

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

55.3

88
Terminal-Bench 2.0
55
88
BrowseComp
59
82
OSWorld-Verified
53

Coding

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

84.8

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

44.2

93
HumanEval
59
83
SWE-bench Verified
46
81
LiveCodeBench
42
89
SWE-bench Pro
46

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

96

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

60.4

96
MMMU-Pro
55
96
OfficeQA Pro
67

Reasoning

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

95.2

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

71.8

97
SimpleQA
64
95
MuSR
62
98
BBH
88
93
LongBench v2
77
95
MRCRv2
77

Knowledge

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

81.5

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

55.8

99
MMLU
68
99
GPQA
67
97
SuperGPQA
65
95
OpenBookQA
63
90
MMLU-Pro
75
44
HLE
16
93
FrontierScience
66

Instruction Following

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

95

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

86

95
IFEval
86

Multilingual

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

93.4

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

81.5

96
MGSM
86
92
MMLU-ProX
79

Mathematics

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

98.2

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

74.6

99
AIME 2023
67
99
AIME 2024
69
99
AIME 2025
68
96
HMMT Feb 2023
63
98
HMMT Feb 2024
65
97
HMMT Feb 2025
64
97
BRUMO 2025
66
99
MATH-500
85

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.2 Pro or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

GPT-5.2 Pro is ahead overall, 90 to 61. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Pro, where the scores are 89 and 46.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.2 Pro or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.5 versus 55.8. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.2 Pro or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 84.8 versus 44.2. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.2 Pro or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 98.2 versus 74.6. Inside this category, HMMT Feb 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.2 Pro or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 95.2 versus 71.8. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-5.2 Pro or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 85.9 versus 55.3. 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, GPT-5.2 Pro or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 96 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-5.2 Pro or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 95 versus 86. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.2 Pro or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 93.4 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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