Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B vs Grok 3 [Beta]

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 16.3. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LiveCodeBench, 42 to 11.

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 128K for Grok 3 [Beta].

Quick Verdict

Pick Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Grok 3 [Beta] 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

Grok 3 [Beta]

35.7

55
Terminal-Bench 2.0
32
59
BrowseComp
41
53
OSWorld-Verified
36

Coding

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

44.2

Grok 3 [Beta]

16.3

59
HumanEval
34
46
SWE-bench Verified
19
42
LiveCodeBench
11
46
SWE-bench Pro
21

Multimodal & Grounded

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

60.4

Grok 3 [Beta]

43.2

55
MMMU-Pro
40
67
OfficeQA Pro
47

Reasoning

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

71.8

Grok 3 [Beta]

47.4

64
SimpleQA
40
62
MuSR
38
88
BBH
62
77
LongBench v2
53
77
MRCRv2
52

Knowledge

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

55.8

Grok 3 [Beta]

34

68
MMLU
42
67
GPQA
41
65
SuperGPQA
39
63
OpenBookQA
37
75
MMLU-Pro
53
16
HLE
3
66
FrontierScience
40

Instruction Following

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

86

Grok 3 [Beta]

67

86
IFEval
67

Multilingual

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

81.5

Grok 3 [Beta]

58.7

86
MGSM
60
79
MMLU-ProX
58

Mathematics

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

74.6

Grok 3 [Beta]

49.1

67
AIME 2023
42
69
AIME 2024
44
68
AIME 2025
43
63
HMMT Feb 2023
38
65
HMMT Feb 2024
40
64
HMMT Feb 2025
39
66
BRUMO 2025
41
85
MATH-500
59

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Grok 3 [Beta]?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B is ahead overall, 61 to 38. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 42 and 11.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Grok 3 [Beta]?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.8 versus 34. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Grok 3 [Beta]?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 44.2 versus 16.3. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Grok 3 [Beta]?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 74.6 versus 49.1. 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 Grok 3 [Beta]?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 71.8 versus 47.4. Inside this category, BBH is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Grok 3 [Beta]?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.3 versus 35.7. 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 Grok 3 [Beta]?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 60.4 versus 43.2. 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 Grok 3 [Beta]?

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 Grok 3 [Beta]?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.5 versus 58.7. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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