Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B vs Nova Pro

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 38. 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 17.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LiveCodeBench, 42 to 14.

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

Quick Verdict

Pick Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nova Pro 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

Nova Pro

33.3

55
Terminal-Bench 2.0
31
59
BrowseComp
39
53
OSWorld-Verified
32

Coding

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

44.2

Nova Pro

17.2

59
HumanEval
33
46
SWE-bench Verified
19
42
LiveCodeBench
14
46
SWE-bench Pro
20

Multimodal & Grounded

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

60.4

Nova Pro

41.1

55
MMMU-Pro
37
67
OfficeQA Pro
46

Reasoning

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

71.8

Nova Pro

46.3

64
SimpleQA
39
62
MuSR
37
88
BBH
63
77
LongBench v2
51
77
MRCRv2
51

Knowledge

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

55.8

Nova Pro

34.2

68
MMLU
41
67
GPQA
40
65
SuperGPQA
38
63
OpenBookQA
36
75
MMLU-Pro
53
16
HLE
4
66
FrontierScience
41

Instruction Following

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

86

Nova Pro

66

86
IFEval
66

Multilingual

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

81.5

Nova Pro

60.4

86
MGSM
61
79
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

74.6

Nova Pro

48.6

67
AIME 2023
41
69
AIME 2024
43
68
AIME 2025
42
63
HMMT Feb 2023
37
65
HMMT Feb 2024
39
64
HMMT Feb 2025
38
66
BRUMO 2025
40
85
MATH-500
59

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Nova Pro?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B is ahead overall, 61 to 38. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 42 and 14.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Nova Pro?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.8 versus 34.2. 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 Nova Pro?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 44.2 versus 17.2. 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 Nova Pro?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 74.6 versus 48.6. 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 Nova Pro?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 71.8 versus 46.3. Inside this category, LongBench v2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Nova Pro?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.3 versus 33.3. 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 Nova Pro?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 60.4 versus 41.1. 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 Nova Pro?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 86 versus 66. 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 Nova Pro?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.5 versus 60.4. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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