Step 3.5 Flash vs Nemotron 3 Super 100B

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

Step 3.5 Flash is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 66 to 59. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Step 3.5 Flash's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 84.5 against 72.6. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MuSR, 82 to 60.

Nemotron 3 Super 100B gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 256K for Step 3.5 Flash.

Quick Verdict

Pick Step 3.5 Flash if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nemotron 3 Super 100B only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 1M context window.

Agentic

Step 3.5 Flash

Step 3.5 Flash

60.2

Nemotron 3 Super 100B

56.6

62
Terminal-Bench 2.0
56
66
BrowseComp
61
54
OSWorld-Verified
54

Coding

Step 3.5 Flash

Step 3.5 Flash

47.1

Nemotron 3 Super 100B

41.3

77
HumanEval
57
48
SWE-bench Verified
44
45
LiveCodeBench
38
49
SWE-bench Pro
44

Multimodal & Grounded

Step 3.5 Flash

Step 3.5 Flash

66.7

Nemotron 3 Super 100B

60.4

64
MMMU-Pro
55
70
OfficeQA Pro
67

Reasoning

Step 3.5 Flash

Step 3.5 Flash

78.3

Nemotron 3 Super 100B

69.5

82
SimpleQA
62
82
MuSR
60
83
BBH
83
74
LongBench v2
75
73
MRCRv2
75

Knowledge

Step 3.5 Flash

Step 3.5 Flash

60.8

Nemotron 3 Super 100B

52.8

84
MMLU
65
83
GPQA
64
81
SuperGPQA
62
79
OpenBookQA
60
76
MMLU-Pro
72
12
HLE
13
71
FrontierScience
63

Instruction Following

Step 3.5 Flash

Step 3.5 Flash

87

Nemotron 3 Super 100B

84

87
IFEval
84

Multilingual

Step 3.5 Flash

Step 3.5 Flash

82.8

Nemotron 3 Super 100B

79.5

86
MGSM
84
81
MMLU-ProX
77

Mathematics

Step 3.5 Flash

Step 3.5 Flash

84.5

Nemotron 3 Super 100B

72.6

85
AIME 2023
65
87
AIME 2024
67
86
AIME 2025
66
81
HMMT Feb 2023
61
83
HMMT Feb 2024
63
82
HMMT Feb 2025
62
84
BRUMO 2025
64
85
MATH-500
83

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Step 3.5 Flash or Nemotron 3 Super 100B?

Step 3.5 Flash is ahead overall, 66 to 59. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MuSR, where the scores are 82 and 60.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Step 3.5 Flash or Nemotron 3 Super 100B?

Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 60.8 versus 52.8. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Step 3.5 Flash or Nemotron 3 Super 100B?

Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 47.1 versus 41.3. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Step 3.5 Flash or Nemotron 3 Super 100B?

Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 84.5 versus 72.6. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Step 3.5 Flash or Nemotron 3 Super 100B?

Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 78.3 versus 69.5. Inside this category, MuSR is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Step 3.5 Flash or Nemotron 3 Super 100B?

Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 60.2 versus 56.6. 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, Step 3.5 Flash or Nemotron 3 Super 100B?

Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 66.7 versus 60.4. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Step 3.5 Flash or Nemotron 3 Super 100B?

Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 87 versus 84. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Step 3.5 Flash or Nemotron 3 Super 100B?

Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.8 versus 79.5. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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