Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B vs Qwen2.5-VL-32B

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 14.3. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LongBench v2, 77 to 42.

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 32K for Qwen2.5-VL-32B.

Quick Verdict

Pick Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen2.5-VL-32B 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

Qwen2.5-VL-32B

33.5

55
Terminal-Bench 2.0
30
59
BrowseComp
41
53
OSWorld-Verified
32

Coding

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

44.2

Qwen2.5-VL-32B

14.3

59
HumanEval
35
46
SWE-bench Verified
17
42
LiveCodeBench
11
46
SWE-bench Pro
17

Multimodal & Grounded

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

60.4

Qwen2.5-VL-32B

52.2

55
MMMU-Pro
58
67
OfficeQA Pro
45

Reasoning

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

71.8

Qwen2.5-VL-32B

43.2

64
SimpleQA
41
62
MuSR
39
88
BBH
61
77
LongBench v2
42
77
MRCRv2
43

Knowledge

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

55.8

Qwen2.5-VL-32B

34.7

68
MMLU
43
67
GPQA
42
65
SuperGPQA
40
63
OpenBookQA
38
75
MMLU-Pro
53
16
HLE
2
66
FrontierScience
43

Instruction Following

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

86

Qwen2.5-VL-32B

67

86
IFEval
67

Multilingual

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

81.5

Qwen2.5-VL-32B

60.4

86
MGSM
63
79
MMLU-ProX
59

Mathematics

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

74.6

Qwen2.5-VL-32B

49.7

67
AIME 2023
43
69
AIME 2024
45
68
AIME 2025
44
63
HMMT Feb 2023
39
65
HMMT Feb 2024
41
64
HMMT Feb 2025
40
66
BRUMO 2025
42
85
MATH-500
59

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B is ahead overall, 61 to 38. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LongBench v2, where the scores are 77 and 42.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.8 versus 34.7. 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 Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 44.2 versus 14.3. 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 Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 74.6 versus 49.7. Inside this category, MATH-500 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 71.8 versus 43.2. 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 Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 55.3 versus 33.5. 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 Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 60.4 versus 52.2. 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 Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 86 versus 67. 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 Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

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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