Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B vs LFM2-24B-A2B

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 18. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MRCRv2, 77 to 45.

LFM2-24B-A2B is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.03 input / $0.12 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. Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 32K for LFM2-24B-A2B.

Quick Verdict

Pick Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LFM2-24B-A2B 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

LFM2-24B-A2B

33.4

55
Terminal-Bench 2.0
30
59
BrowseComp
38
53
OSWorld-Verified
34

Coding

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

44.2

LFM2-24B-A2B

18

59
HumanEval
42
46
SWE-bench Verified
18
42
LiveCodeBench
17
46
SWE-bench Pro
19

Multimodal & Grounded

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

60.4

LFM2-24B-A2B

41.7

55
MMMU-Pro
39
67
OfficeQA Pro
45

Reasoning

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

71.8

LFM2-24B-A2B

46.6

64
SimpleQA
44
62
MuSR
42
88
BBH
63
77
LongBench v2
48
77
MRCRv2
45

Knowledge

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

55.8

LFM2-24B-A2B

35.6

68
MMLU
46
67
GPQA
45
65
SuperGPQA
43
63
OpenBookQA
41
75
MMLU-Pro
51
16
HLE
4
66
FrontierScience
43

Instruction Following

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

86

LFM2-24B-A2B

68

86
IFEval
68

Multilingual

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

81.5

LFM2-24B-A2B

61.4

86
MGSM
64
79
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

74.6

LFM2-24B-A2B

50.4

67
AIME 2023
46
69
AIME 2024
48
68
AIME 2025
47
63
HMMT Feb 2023
42
65
HMMT Feb 2024
44
64
HMMT Feb 2025
43
66
BRUMO 2025
45
85
MATH-500
57

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B is ahead overall, 61 to 38. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MRCRv2, where the scores are 77 and 45.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.8 versus 35.6. Inside this category, MMLU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 44.2 versus 18. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 74.6 versus 50.4. 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 LFM2-24B-A2B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 71.8 versus 46.6. Inside this category, MRCRv2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or LFM2-24B-A2B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.3 versus 33.4. 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 LFM2-24B-A2B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 60.4 versus 41.7. 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 LFM2-24B-A2B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 86 versus 68. 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 LFM2-24B-A2B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.5 versus 61.4. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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