Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B vs Mistral 7B v0.3

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 32. 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 reasoning, where it averages 71.8 against 36.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LongBench v2, 77 to 38.

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 32K for Mistral 7B v0.3.

Quick Verdict

Pick Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Mistral 7B v0.3 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

Mistral 7B v0.3

26.4

55
Terminal-Bench 2.0
24
59
BrowseComp
32
53
OSWorld-Verified
25

Coding

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

44.2

Mistral 7B v0.3

13.2

59
HumanEval
22
46
SWE-bench Verified
15
42
LiveCodeBench
14
46
SWE-bench Pro
12

Multimodal & Grounded

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

60.4

Mistral 7B v0.3

32.4

55
MMMU-Pro
27
67
OfficeQA Pro
39

Reasoning

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

71.8

Mistral 7B v0.3

36.1

64
SimpleQA
28
62
MuSR
26
88
BBH
63
77
LongBench v2
38
77
MRCRv2
41

Knowledge

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

55.8

Mistral 7B v0.3

30

68
MMLU
30
67
GPQA
29
65
SuperGPQA
27
63
OpenBookQA
25
75
MMLU-Pro
54
16
HLE
5
66
FrontierScience
34

Instruction Following

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

86

Mistral 7B v0.3

68

86
IFEval
68

Multilingual

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

81.5

Mistral 7B v0.3

60.7

86
MGSM
62
79
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

74.6

Mistral 7B v0.3

43

67
AIME 2023
30
69
AIME 2024
32
68
AIME 2025
31
63
HMMT Feb 2023
26
65
HMMT Feb 2024
28
64
HMMT Feb 2025
27
66
BRUMO 2025
29
85
MATH-500
60

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Mistral 7B v0.3?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B is ahead overall, 61 to 32. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LongBench v2, where the scores are 77 and 38.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Mistral 7B v0.3?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.8 versus 30. 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 Mistral 7B v0.3?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 44.2 versus 13.2. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Mistral 7B v0.3?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 74.6 versus 43. 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 Mistral 7B v0.3?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 71.8 versus 36.1. 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 Mistral 7B v0.3?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.3 versus 26.4. 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 Mistral 7B v0.3?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 60.4 versus 32.4. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Mistral 7B v0.3?

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 Mistral 7B v0.3?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.5 versus 60.7. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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