Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B vs Moonshot v1

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 47. 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 26.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LiveCodeBench, 42 to 21.

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 128K for Moonshot v1.

Quick Verdict

Pick Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Moonshot v1 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

Moonshot v1

42.2

55
Terminal-Bench 2.0
39
59
BrowseComp
49
53
OSWorld-Verified
41

Coding

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

44.2

Moonshot v1

26.4

59
HumanEval
45
46
SWE-bench Verified
34
42
LiveCodeBench
21
46
SWE-bench Pro
30

Multimodal & Grounded

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

60.4

Moonshot v1

52.6

55
MMMU-Pro
49
67
OfficeQA Pro
57

Reasoning

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

71.8

Moonshot v1

55.5

64
SimpleQA
51
62
MuSR
49
88
BBH
73
77
LongBench v2
58
77
MRCRv2
56

Knowledge

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

55.8

Moonshot v1

42.3

68
MMLU
53
67
GPQA
52
65
SuperGPQA
50
63
OpenBookQA
48
75
MMLU-Pro
64
16
HLE
5
66
FrontierScience
49

Instruction Following

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

86

Moonshot v1

77

86
IFEval
77

Multilingual

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

81.5

Moonshot v1

69.8

86
MGSM
73
79
MMLU-ProX
68

Mathematics

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

74.6

Moonshot v1

61

67
AIME 2023
53
69
AIME 2024
55
68
AIME 2025
54
63
HMMT Feb 2023
49
65
HMMT Feb 2024
51
64
HMMT Feb 2025
50
66
BRUMO 2025
52
85
MATH-500
72

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Moonshot v1?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B is ahead overall, 61 to 47. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 42 and 21.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Moonshot v1?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.8 versus 42.3. Inside this category, FrontierScience is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Moonshot v1?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 44.2 versus 26.4. 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 Moonshot v1?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 74.6 versus 61. 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 Moonshot v1?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 71.8 versus 55.5. 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 Moonshot v1?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.3 versus 42.2. 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 Moonshot v1?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 60.4 versus 52.6. 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 Moonshot v1?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 86 versus 77. 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 Moonshot v1?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.5 versus 69.8. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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