Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B vs Mistral 8x7B v0.2

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 35.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MRCRv2, 77 to 38.

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 32K for Mistral 8x7B v0.2.

Quick Verdict

Pick Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Mistral 8x7B v0.2 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 8x7B v0.2

27.9

55
Terminal-Bench 2.0
24
59
BrowseComp
34
53
OSWorld-Verified
28

Coding

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

44.2

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

13.3

59
HumanEval
21
46
SWE-bench Verified
16
42
LiveCodeBench
12
46
SWE-bench Pro
14

Multimodal & Grounded

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

60.4

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

32.3

55
MMMU-Pro
26
67
OfficeQA Pro
40

Reasoning

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

71.8

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

35.2

64
SimpleQA
27
62
MuSR
25
88
BBH
62
77
LongBench v2
39
77
MRCRv2
38

Knowledge

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

55.8

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

28.9

68
MMLU
29
67
GPQA
28
65
SuperGPQA
26
63
OpenBookQA
24
75
MMLU-Pro
52
16
HLE
3
66
FrontierScience
35

Instruction Following

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

86

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

67

86
IFEval
67

Multilingual

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

81.5

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

58.8

86
MGSM
62
79
MMLU-ProX
57

Mathematics

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

74.6

Mistral 8x7B v0.2

42

67
AIME 2023
29
69
AIME 2024
31
68
AIME 2025
30
63
HMMT Feb 2023
25
65
HMMT Feb 2024
27
64
HMMT Feb 2025
26
66
BRUMO 2025
28
85
MATH-500
59

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B is ahead overall, 61 to 32. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MRCRv2, where the scores are 77 and 38.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.8 versus 28.9. 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 8x7B v0.2?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 44.2 versus 13.3. 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 8x7B v0.2?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 74.6 versus 42. 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 8x7B v0.2?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 71.8 versus 35.2. Inside this category, MRCRv2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.3 versus 27.9. 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 Mistral 8x7B v0.2?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 60.4 versus 32.3. 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 8x7B v0.2?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 86 versus 67. 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 8x7B v0.2?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.5 versus 58.8. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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