# GPT-5.2 vs Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-5.2 and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-5-2-vs-nemotron-3-5-super-vl-120b-a12b
- Last updated: October 15, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

GPT-5.2 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- GPT-5.2 has the higher overall point estimate 59.85 to 49.51. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 92.6 for GPT-5.2 and 66.6 for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is BrowseComp in Agentic, with scores of 65.8% and 78%.
- 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 | GPT-5.2 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | NVIDIA |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 400K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 59.85 | 49.51 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 31 | 19 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.75 / $14.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 44.6 (Supported · #58/127)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 44.2 (Estimated · #61/127)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BrowseComp | 65.8% | 78% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B |
| OSWorld-Verified | 47.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 46.54% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 34.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 66.7% | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench Airline | Coming soon | 76.5% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 18.9% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 36.8 (Supported · #73/150)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80% | 71.1% | GPT-5.2 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 55.6% | 51.8% | GPT-5.2 |
| Vibe Code Bench | 53.50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 88.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 67.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 64.3 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 73 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 52.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 86.17% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CritPt | Coming soon | 10.9% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 75.9 (#22/54)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 62 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | 86.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 79.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | 83.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | 85.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | 86.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (w/o subtitle) | 85.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 83.0% | 78.2% | GPT-5.2 |
| We-Math | 79.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DynaMath | 86.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | 55.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CC-OCR | 70.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AI2D_TEST | 92.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CountBench | 91.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ERQA | 59.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | 85.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MLVU (M-Avg) | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 82.1% | 80.8% | GPT-5.2 |
| V* | 75.9% | 85.6% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B |
| BabyVision | Coming soon | 29.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLongBench-Doc | Coming soon | 62.8% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 59.7 (Supported · #50/184)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 51.8 (Estimated · #73/184)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 92.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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: Directional only
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 92.6 (#19/146)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 66.6 (#72/146)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 70.9% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 71.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 100% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 67.400% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 31.700% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Apex Shortlist | Coming soon | 88.4% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GPT-5.2 or Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B?

GPT-5.2 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between GPT-5.2 and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 92.6 for GPT-5.2 and 66.6 for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B.

### How many benchmarks does GPT-5.2 cover on BenchLM?

GPT-5.2 currently has 31 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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