Mistral Large 3 vs Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

Mistral Large 3 and Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B finish on the same overall score, so this is less about a single winner and more about where the edge shows up. The headline says tie; the benchmark table is where the real choice happens.

Mistral Large 3 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $2.00 input / $6.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 128K for Mistral Large 3.

Quick Verdict

Treat this as a split decision. Mistral Large 3 makes more sense if multimodal & grounded is the priority; Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B is the better fit if coding is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.

Agentic

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Mistral Large 3

52.5

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

55.3

52
Terminal-Bench 2.0
55
58
BrowseComp
59
49
OSWorld-Verified
53

Coding

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Mistral Large 3

41

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

44.2

68
HumanEval
59
45
SWE-bench Verified
46
39
LiveCodeBench
42
42
SWE-bench Pro
46

Multimodal & Grounded

Mistral Large 3

Mistral Large 3

75.5

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

60.4

75
MMMU-Pro
55
76
OfficeQA Pro
67

Reasoning

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Mistral Large 3

70.6

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

71.8

73
SimpleQA
64
71
MuSR
62
81
BBH
88
67
LongBench v2
77
67
MRCRv2
77

Knowledge

Mistral Large 3

Mistral Large 3

57.1

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

55.8

76
MMLU
68
75
GPQA
67
73
SuperGPQA
65
71
OpenBookQA
63
74
MMLU-Pro
75
12
HLE
16
67
FrontierScience
66

Instruction Following

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Mistral Large 3

83

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

86

83
IFEval
86

Multilingual

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Mistral Large 3

78.8

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

81.5

82
MGSM
86
77
MMLU-ProX
79

Mathematics

Mistral Large 3

Mistral Large 3

77.3

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

74.6

76
AIME 2023
67
78
AIME 2024
69
77
AIME 2025
68
72
HMMT Feb 2023
63
74
HMMT Feb 2024
65
73
HMMT Feb 2025
64
75
BRUMO 2025
66
80
MATH-500
85

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Mistral Large 3 or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

Mistral Large 3 and Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B are tied on overall score, so the right pick depends on which category matters most for your use case.

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

Mistral Large 3 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 57.1 versus 55.8. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Mistral Large 3 or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 44.2 versus 41. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Mistral Large 3 or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

Mistral Large 3 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 77.3 versus 74.6. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Mistral Large 3 or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 71.8 versus 70.6. Inside this category, LongBench v2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Mistral Large 3 or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.3 versus 52.5. Inside this category, OSWorld-Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Mistral Large 3 or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

Mistral Large 3 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 75.5 versus 60.4. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 86 versus 83. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Mistral Large 3 or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.5 versus 78.8. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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