Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B vs Llama 4 Scout

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 42. 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 12.9. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Verified, 46 to 12.

Llama 4 Scout gives you the larger context window at 10M, 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 Scout only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 10M context window.

Agentic

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

55.3

Llama 4 Scout

40.6

55
Terminal-Bench 2.0
39
59
BrowseComp
48
53
OSWorld-Verified
37

Coding

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

44.2

Llama 4 Scout

12.9

59
HumanEval
39
46
SWE-bench Verified
12
42
LiveCodeBench
11
46
SWE-bench Pro
15

Multimodal & Grounded

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

60.4

Llama 4 Scout

57.8

55
MMMU-Pro
60
67
OfficeQA Pro
55

Reasoning

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

71.8

Llama 4 Scout

55

64
SimpleQA
45
62
MuSR
43
88
BBH
60
77
LongBench v2
64
77
MRCRv2
66

Knowledge

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

55.8

Llama 4 Scout

35.6

68
MMLU
47
67
GPQA
46
65
SuperGPQA
44
63
OpenBookQA
42
75
MMLU-Pro
51
16
HLE
2
66
FrontierScience
44

Instruction Following

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

86

Llama 4 Scout

68

86
IFEval
68

Multilingual

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

81.5

Llama 4 Scout

59.8

86
MGSM
63
79
MMLU-ProX
58

Mathematics

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

74.6

Llama 4 Scout

51

67
AIME 2023
47
69
AIME 2024
49
68
AIME 2025
48
63
HMMT Feb 2023
43
65
HMMT Feb 2024
45
64
HMMT Feb 2025
44
66
BRUMO 2025
46
85
MATH-500
57

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B is ahead overall, 61 to 42. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Verified, where the scores are 46 and 12.

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

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 Llama 4 Scout?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 44.2 versus 12.9. 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 Scout?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 74.6 versus 51. 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 Scout?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 71.8 versus 55. 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 Scout?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.3 versus 40.6. 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 Scout?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 60.4 versus 57.8. 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 Scout?

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 Scout?

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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