Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B vs Llama 3 70B

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 45. 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 15.8. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Verified, 46 to 9.

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 128K for Llama 3 70B.

Quick Verdict

Pick Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Llama 3 70B 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

Llama 3 70B

41.2

55
Terminal-Bench 2.0
37
59
BrowseComp
48
53
OSWorld-Verified
41

Coding

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

44.2

Llama 3 70B

15.8

59
HumanEval
50
46
SWE-bench Verified
9
42
LiveCodeBench
19
46
SWE-bench Pro
14

Multimodal & Grounded

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

60.4

Llama 3 70B

52.3

55
MMMU-Pro
50
67
OfficeQA Pro
55

Reasoning

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

71.8

Llama 3 70B

59.6

64
SimpleQA
56
62
MuSR
54
88
BBH
74
77
LongBench v2
61
77
MRCRv2
61

Knowledge

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

55.8

Llama 3 70B

42.2

68
MMLU
58
67
GPQA
58
65
SuperGPQA
56
63
OpenBookQA
54
75
MMLU-Pro
55
16
HLE
2
66
FrontierScience
54

Instruction Following

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

86

Llama 3 70B

77

86
IFEval
77

Multilingual

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

81.5

Llama 3 70B

67.5

86
MGSM
72
79
MMLU-ProX
65

Mathematics

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

74.6

Llama 3 70B

63.3

67
AIME 2023
58
69
AIME 2024
60
68
AIME 2025
59
63
HMMT Feb 2023
54
65
HMMT Feb 2024
56
64
HMMT Feb 2025
55
66
BRUMO 2025
57
85
MATH-500
71

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Llama 3 70B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B is ahead overall, 61 to 45. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Verified, where the scores are 46 and 9.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Llama 3 70B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.8 versus 42.2. 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 Llama 3 70B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 44.2 versus 15.8. 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 Llama 3 70B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 74.6 versus 63.3. 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 Llama 3 70B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 71.8 versus 59.6. Inside this category, LongBench v2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Llama 3 70B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.3 versus 41.2. 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 Llama 3 70B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 60.4 versus 52.3. 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 Llama 3 70B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 86 versus 77. 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 Llama 3 70B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.5 versus 67.5. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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