Grok 4.1 vs Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

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

Grok 4.1 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 84 to 61. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Grok 4.1's sharpest advantage is in multimodal & grounded, where it averages 93.2 against 60.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMMU-Pro, 95 to 55.

Grok 4.1 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $3.00 input / $15.00 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. Grok 4.1 gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 256K for Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B.

Quick Verdict

Pick Grok 4.1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.

Agentic

Grok 4.1

Grok 4.1

76.9

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

55.3

79
Terminal-Bench 2.0
55
79
BrowseComp
59
73
OSWorld-Verified
53

Coding

Grok 4.1

Grok 4.1

73.4

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

44.2

91
HumanEval
59
77
SWE-bench Verified
46
73
LiveCodeBench
42
73
SWE-bench Pro
46

Multimodal & Grounded

Grok 4.1

Grok 4.1

93.2

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

60.4

95
MMMU-Pro
55
91
OfficeQA Pro
67

Reasoning

Grok 4.1

Grok 4.1

91.9

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

71.8

95
SimpleQA
64
93
MuSR
62
93
BBH
88
90
LongBench v2
77
89
MRCRv2
77

Knowledge

Grok 4.1

Grok 4.1

79.5

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

55.8

99
MMLU
68
97
GPQA
67
95
SuperGPQA
65
93
OpenBookQA
63
90
MMLU-Pro
75
40
HLE
16
91
FrontierScience
66

Instruction Following

Grok 4.1

Grok 4.1

93

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

86

93
IFEval
86

Multilingual

Grok 4.1

Grok 4.1

92.8

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

81.5

96
MGSM
86
91
MMLU-ProX
79

Mathematics

Grok 4.1

Grok 4.1

96.8

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

74.6

99
AIME 2023
67
99
AIME 2024
69
98
AIME 2025
68
95
HMMT Feb 2023
63
97
HMMT Feb 2024
65
96
HMMT Feb 2025
64
96
BRUMO 2025
66
97
MATH-500
85

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Grok 4.1 is ahead overall, 84 to 61. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMMU-Pro, where the scores are 95 and 55.

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

Grok 4.1 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 79.5 versus 55.8. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

Grok 4.1 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 73.4 versus 44.2. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

Grok 4.1 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 96.8 versus 74.6. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

Grok 4.1 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 91.9 versus 71.8. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

Grok 4.1 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 76.9 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, Grok 4.1 or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

Grok 4.1 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 93.2 versus 60.4. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

Grok 4.1 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 93 versus 86. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

Grok 4.1 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 92.8 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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