# Flint vs Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Flint and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/flint-40b-a2-5b-vs-nemotron-3-5-super-vl-120b-a12b
- Last updated: October 20, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Flint leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Flint has the higher overall point estimate 67 to 49.34. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 94.7 for Flint and 66.6 for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is IFBench in Instruction Following, with scores of 89.2% and 70.9%.
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Flint | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Recursive | NVIDIA |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 1M |
| Overall Score | null | 49.34 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 5 | 19 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Flint public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 44.1 (Estimated · #64/132)

| Benchmark | Flint | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 54.9% | 66.7% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B |
| τ²-bench Airline | Coming soon | 76.5% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 18.9% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 78% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Flint public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Flint | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 74.2% | 71.1% | Flint |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 80.3% | 88.2% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 67.7% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 51.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Flint public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 72.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Flint | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | Coming soon | 10.9% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Flint public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 62 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Flint | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BabyVision | Coming soon | 29.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLongBench-Doc | Coming soon | 62.8% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 78.2% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 80.8% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Flint public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 51.8 (Estimated · #75/187)

| Benchmark | Flint | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 89.5% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 31.8% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 29.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Flint
- Flint public-lane score: 94.7 (#3/152)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 66.6 (#77/152)

| Benchmark | Flint | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 89.2% | 70.9% | Flint |
| IFEval | 95.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Flint public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Flint | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Apex Shortlist | Coming soon | 88.4% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Flint or Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B?

Flint has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Flint and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 94.7 for Flint and 66.6 for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B.

### How many benchmarks does Flint cover on BenchLM?

Flint currently has 5 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B cover on BenchLM?

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B currently has 19 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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