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Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 vs Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B

Updated October 15, 2026. Rank says Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B is ahead. Price, access, and your workload can each overturn that. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty.

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Decision reading

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B has the higher public point estimate, 49.51 versus 26.31. Their conditional score ranges overlap. These ranges do not establish rank confidence. 8 results are shared. Category rows resting on Estimated evidence or different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.

Model A
NVIDIA logo
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

NVIDIA

26.31/100

Estimated · Public rank #202

Conditional range 12.0–40.7

Model B
NVIDIA logo
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B

NVIDIA

49.51/100

Estimated · Public rank #97

Conditional range 35.2–63.9

Shared results
8
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 only
5
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B only
11
Like-for-like categories
1 / 8
Estimated: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B. Conditional ranges do not establish rank confidence.How the comparison works

Which one for your work

Recommendations appear only when a shared evidence basis or an explicit operating constraint supports the call. Secondary and unsupported use cases stay disclosed below the initial list.

No workload recommendation clears the current evidence threshold.

Use the matched evidence, workload costs, and sourced specifications below instead of treating a point score as a universal answer.

Show secondary and unsupported calls

  • Coding work

    Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks

    Not enough matched evidence

    Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B is not ranked on the public lane for coding, so no winner is named for coding.

    Confidence: limited

  • Agentic work

    Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion

    Not enough matched evidence

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B are scored on Estimated evidence for agentic, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like.

    Confidence: limited

  • Long documents

    Prompts that approach the documented context limit

    No clear pick

    The documented context windows are equal.

    Confidence: documented

  • Chat turn cost

    1K fresh input + 500 output tokens

    Not enough matched evidence

    A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.

    Confidence: listed-rates

  • Cache-heavy agent loop cost

    200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens

    Not enough matched evidence

    A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.

    Confidence: listed-rates

  • Repository review cost

    50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

    Not enough matched evidence

    A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.

    Confidence: listed-rates

Which one for a specific job

Choose a job from the LLM Selector's task catalog to see the category row it rests on, under the same basis rules as the table below. A directional row stays directional; choosing a job never creates a winner.

The same task catalog as the LLM Selector. Each job names the evidence surface it rests on; nothing here adds a new score.

16.0Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B

Not comparable · BenchAlign v5.8

The coding row is not comparable on the public lane: at least one model is not measured or not ranked there.

Coding scores combine specific tasks and setups. Match the editor, harness, and effort to your workflow.

Open the coding leaderboardShortlist models for this job
Same basis rules as the category table below

What is actually comparable

Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.

2 categories rest on Estimated evidence or different evidence sets. Those rows remain visible for coverage context but do not name a winner.

Shape of the matched evidence

Only shared public evidence is shown. Sparse evidence stays a ruled list rather than being closed into a radar shape.

Too few matched category axes support a radar. The ruled list below shows only shared benchmark results; positions use each benchmark’s normalized display scale when available.

Bars run 0–100 on each benchmark’s normalized display scale

Category results, on a stated basis

Each row shows the public-lane category score for both models: the BenchAlign v5.8 lane for agentic, coding, and knowledge, and the weighted public rows elsewhere, with the same rank each model page reports. A row is like-for-like only when both scores rest on Supported evidence or the same weighted set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner.

Instruction following

Like-for-like
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
71.4
#69/146
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B
66.6
#72/146
Basis
Provisional lane · 1 vs 1 weighted rows
Reading
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 leads

Agentic

Directional only
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
16.3
Estimated · #112/127
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B
44.2
Estimated · #61/127
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 4 vs 4 public rows
Reading
Directional only

Knowledge

Directional only
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
30.0
Estimated · #156/184
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B
51.8
Estimated · #73/184
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 4 vs 3 public rows
Reading
Directional only

Coding

Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
16.0
Estimated · #131/150
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B
Not ranked
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 4 vs 4 public rows
Reading
Not comparable

Reasoning

Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
59.6
Unranked · 1 rankable row
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B
73.0
Unranked · 2 rankable rows
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multimodal

Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
Not ranked
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B
62.0
Unranked · 5 rankable rows
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 1 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multilingual

Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
Not ranked
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B
Not ranked
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Math

Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
Not ranked
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B
Not ranked
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Ranks count the models scored in each category’s lane, so the agentic, coding, and knowledge denominators (BenchAlign v5.8) differ from the provisional-lane categories. Unranked scores sit on the provisional lane’s scale but never name a winner. Like-for-like rows within 0.5 points read as a practical tie.

Bars run 0–100Methodology

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes turn per-token rates into comparable decisions. Each scenario states context fit and whether cached input had to fall back to the published list-input rate.

Chat turn

1K fresh input + 500 output tokens

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
Fits in one request
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B
API rate not published
Fits in one request

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 has no comparable published API token rate. Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B has no comparable published API token rate.

Repository review

50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
Fits in one request
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B
API rate not published
Fits in one request

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 has no comparable published API token rate. Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B has no comparable published API token rate.

Cache-heavy agent loop

200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
Fits in one request
Cached-input rate unavailable
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B
API rate not published
Fits in one request
Cached-input rate unavailable

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 has no comparable published API token rate. Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B has no comparable published API token rate.

Cached input falls back to the list input rate only where a cached rate is unpublished

Specification differences

Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.

API model ID

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

Not sourced

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B

Not sourced

Documented inputs

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

Not sourced

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B

text, image, video

NVIDIA BF16 model card

Documented outputs

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

Not sourced

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B

text

NVIDIA BF16 model card

Provider availability

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

Not sourced

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B

Open Weights · Hugging Face, self-hosted inference

NVIDIA BF16 model card

Reasoning profile

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

Reasoning

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B

Reasoning

Weight access

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

Open Weight

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B

Open Weight

License

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

Open Weight

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B

Open Weight

Release date

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

2026-08-11

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B

2026-10-15

If you already use one of these models

Deployment change
Both entries list NVIDIA as the provider. Confirm endpoint, model ID, limits, and feature support before switching.
Quality signal
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B has the higher public point estimate, 49.51 versus 26.31. Their conditional score ranges overlap. These ranges do not establish rank confidence.
Workload cost
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Context tradeoff
Both models list 1M.
Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.

Questions

Which is better, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 or Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B?

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B has the higher public point estimate, 49.51 versus 26.31. Their conditional score ranges overlap. These ranges do not establish rank confidence. The page therefore keeps the decision tied to the specific documented workload.

Which is better for coding, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 or Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B?

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B is not ranked on the public lane for coding, so no winner is named for coding.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 or Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B?

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B scores higher for agentic tasks on the public lane, 44.2 to 16.3. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B are scored on Estimated evidence for agentic tasks, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like. BenchLM does not name a winner for agentic tasks from a directional reading; read the shared benchmark rows directly and test the models on the same task set.

Which costs less, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 or Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B?

Both models do not have comparable published API token rates, so this page does not name a universal price winner.

Which has the larger context window, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 or Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B?

Both models list the same context window, 1M.

Benchmark evidence

The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.

Browse raw public benchmark evidence24 rows

Agentic

  • Terminal-Bench 2.1

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP423.5%
    Source
    Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B66.7%
    Source

    Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B leads this result

  • PinchBench

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP483.4%
    Source
    Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B—

    Not directly comparable

  • BrowseComp

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP436.8%
    Source
    Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B78%
    Source

    Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B leads this result

  • τ³-bench results

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP49.5%
    Source
    Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B18.9%
    Source

    Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B leads this result

  • τ²-bench Airline

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—
    Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B76.5%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Coding

  • SWE-bench Verified

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP452.8%
    Source
    Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B71.1%
    Source

    Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B leads this result

  • SWE Multilingual

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP436.5%
    Source
    Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B67.7%
    Source

    Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B leads this result

  • Terminal-Bench 2.1

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP423.5%
    Source
    Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B—

    Not directly comparable

  • SciCode

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP431.4%
    Source
    Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B—

    Not directly comparable

  • LiveCodeBench v6

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—
    Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B88.2%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE-bench Pro

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—
    Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B51.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Reasoning

  • CritPt

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—
    Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B10.9%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Multimodal

  • BabyVision

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—
    Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B29.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MMLongBench-Doc

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—
    Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B62.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • V*

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—
    Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B85.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MathVision

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—
    Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B78.2%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • CharXiv

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—
    Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B80.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Knowledge

  • GPQA

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP475.6%
    Source
    Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B—

    Not directly comparable

  • GPQA-D

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP475.6%
    Source
    Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B89.5%
    Source

    Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B leads this result

  • HLE w/o tools

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP410.5%
    Source
    Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B31.8%
    Source

    Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B leads this result

  • MMLU-Pro

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP481.6%
    Source
    Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B—

    Not directly comparable

  • HLE

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—
    Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B29.2%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Instruction following

  • IFBench

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP472.9%
    Source
    Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B70.9%
    Source

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 leads this result

Math

  • Apex Shortlist

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—
    Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B88.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

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Last updated October 15, 2026