Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B vs Llama 4 Maverick

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 43. 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 15.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Verified, 46 to 13.

Llama 4 Maverick gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 256K for Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B.

Quick Verdict

Pick Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Llama 4 Maverick only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 1M context window.

Agentic

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

55.3

Llama 4 Maverick

40.9

55
Terminal-Bench 2.0
37
59
BrowseComp
51
53
OSWorld-Verified
38

Coding

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

44.2

Llama 4 Maverick

15.7

59
HumanEval
38
46
SWE-bench Verified
13
42
LiveCodeBench
15
46
SWE-bench Pro
17

Multimodal & Grounded

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

60.4

Llama 4 Maverick

56.8

55
MMMU-Pro
59
67
OfficeQA Pro
54

Reasoning

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

71.8

Llama 4 Maverick

54

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

Knowledge

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

55.8

Llama 4 Maverick

36.5

68
MMLU
46
67
GPQA
45
65
SuperGPQA
43
63
OpenBookQA
41
75
MMLU-Pro
53
16
HLE
4
66
FrontierScience
45

Instruction Following

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

86

Llama 4 Maverick

68

86
IFEval
68

Multilingual

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

81.5

Llama 4 Maverick

59.8

86
MGSM
63
79
MMLU-ProX
58

Mathematics

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

74.6

Llama 4 Maverick

51.3

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
59

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Llama 4 Maverick?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B is ahead overall, 61 to 43. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Verified, where the scores are 46 and 13.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Llama 4 Maverick?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.8 versus 36.5. 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 Llama 4 Maverick?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 44.2 versus 15.7. 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 4 Maverick?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 74.6 versus 51.3. 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 4 Maverick?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 71.8 versus 54. 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 Llama 4 Maverick?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.3 versus 40.9. 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 4 Maverick?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 60.4 versus 56.8. 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 4 Maverick?

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 Llama 4 Maverick?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.5 versus 59.8. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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