Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B vs Kimi K2

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 34. 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 mathematics, where it averages 74.6 against 42.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMLU, 68 to 32.

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 128K for Kimi K2.

Quick Verdict

Pick Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Kimi K2 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

Kimi K2

29.3

55
Terminal-Bench 2.0
27
59
BrowseComp
36
53
OSWorld-Verified
27

Coding

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

44.2

Kimi K2

12.8

59
HumanEval
24
46
SWE-bench Verified
15
42
LiveCodeBench
12
46
SWE-bench Pro
13

Multimodal & Grounded

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

60.4

Kimi K2

39.5

55
MMMU-Pro
35
67
OfficeQA Pro
45

Reasoning

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

71.8

Kimi K2

40.9

64
SimpleQA
30
62
MuSR
28
88
BBH
61
77
LongBench v2
47
77
MRCRv2
50

Knowledge

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

55.8

Kimi K2

29.3

68
MMLU
32
67
GPQA
31
65
SuperGPQA
29
63
OpenBookQA
27
75
MMLU-Pro
51
16
HLE
3
66
FrontierScience
34

Instruction Following

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

86

Kimi K2

67

86
IFEval
67

Multilingual

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

81.5

Kimi K2

59.7

86
MGSM
61
79
MMLU-ProX
59

Mathematics

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

74.6

Kimi K2

42.7

67
AIME 2023
32
69
AIME 2024
34
68
AIME 2025
33
63
HMMT Feb 2023
28
65
HMMT Feb 2024
30
64
HMMT Feb 2025
29
66
BRUMO 2025
31
85
MATH-500
57

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Kimi K2?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B is ahead overall, 61 to 34. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 68 and 32.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Kimi K2?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.8 versus 29.3. 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 Kimi K2?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 44.2 versus 12.8. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Kimi K2?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 74.6 versus 42.7. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Kimi K2?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 71.8 versus 40.9. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Kimi K2?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.3 versus 29.3. 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, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Kimi K2?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 60.4 versus 39.5. 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 Kimi K2?

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 Kimi K2?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.5 versus 59.7. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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