Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B vs MiniMax M1 80k

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 35. 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 13.8. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LiveCodeBench, 42 to 10.

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 80K for MiniMax M1 80k.

Quick Verdict

Pick Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MiniMax M1 80k 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

MiniMax M1 80k

32.1

55
Terminal-Bench 2.0
30
59
BrowseComp
37
53
OSWorld-Verified
31

Coding

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

44.2

MiniMax M1 80k

13.8

59
HumanEval
28
46
SWE-bench Verified
16
42
LiveCodeBench
10
46
SWE-bench Pro
17

Multimodal & Grounded

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

60.4

MiniMax M1 80k

39

55
MMMU-Pro
34
67
OfficeQA Pro
45

Reasoning

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

71.8

MiniMax M1 80k

41.7

64
SimpleQA
34
62
MuSR
32
88
BBH
64
77
LongBench v2
45
77
MRCRv2
46

Knowledge

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

55.8

MiniMax M1 80k

31.3

68
MMLU
36
67
GPQA
35
65
SuperGPQA
33
63
OpenBookQA
31
75
MMLU-Pro
51
16
HLE
2
66
FrontierScience
39

Instruction Following

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

86

MiniMax M1 80k

68

86
IFEval
68

Multilingual

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

81.5

MiniMax M1 80k

59.1

86
MGSM
63
79
MMLU-ProX
57

Mathematics

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

74.6

MiniMax M1 80k

44.9

67
AIME 2023
36
69
AIME 2024
38
68
AIME 2025
37
63
HMMT Feb 2023
32
65
HMMT Feb 2024
34
64
HMMT Feb 2025
33
66
BRUMO 2025
35
85
MATH-500
57

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or MiniMax M1 80k?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B is ahead overall, 61 to 35. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 42 and 10.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or MiniMax M1 80k?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.8 versus 31.3. 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 MiniMax M1 80k?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 44.2 versus 13.8. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or MiniMax M1 80k?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 74.6 versus 44.9. 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 MiniMax M1 80k?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 71.8 versus 41.7. 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 MiniMax M1 80k?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.3 versus 32.1. 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 MiniMax M1 80k?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 60.4 versus 39. 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 MiniMax M1 80k?

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 MiniMax M1 80k?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.5 versus 59.1. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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