# GPT-5.5 vs Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-5.5 and Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-5-5-vs-nemotron-3-5-bolt-74b-a9b-bf16
- Last updated: October 16, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- GPT-5.5 leads overall 69.27 to 60.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 70.4 for GPT-5.5 and 72.1 for Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is MCP Atlas in Agentic, with scores of 75.3% and 55.6%.
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- GPT-5.5 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-5.5 | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | NVIDIA |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Overall Score | 69.27 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 42 | 8 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $5.00 / $30.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.5 public-lane score: 62.7 (Supported · #23/128)
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.5 | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 82% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 81.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 84.4% | 70% | GPT-5.5 |
| OSWorld-Verified | 78.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 75.3% | 55.6% | GPT-5.5 |
| Toolathlon | 55.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | 98% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 72.93% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 17.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 13.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 42.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ExploitGym | 13.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 76.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | 20% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MazeBench | 0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 53.9% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 17.0% | Coming soon |
| PinchBench | Coming soon | 90.3% | Coming soon |
| WebArena | Coming soon | 50.3% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.5 public-lane score: 62 (Supported · #14/150)
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.5 | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 58.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 82.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 69.85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 84.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | 59.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 3.2 | 58.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 43.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 85.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 82.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrainBench v1.1 | 27.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.5 public-lane score: 70.4 (#20/28)
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: 72.1 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.5 | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCR v2 64K-128K | 83.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MRCR v2 128K-256K | 87.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 0.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 95.00% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.5 public-lane score: 75.5 (#23/54)
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.5 | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 81.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 83.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OfficeQA Pro | 54.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.5 public-lane score: 72 (Supported · #14/184)
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.5 | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 93.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 93.6% | 88.8% | GPT-5.5 |
| HLE | 52.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 41.4% | 28.7% | GPT-5.5 |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 93.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 88.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.5 public-lane score: 93.3 (#8/148)
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.5 public-lane score: 91.2 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.5 | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath (legacy) | 51.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 85.263% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 72.500% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GPT-5.5 or Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16?

GPT-5.5 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GPT-5.5 and Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 70.4 for GPT-5.5 and 72.1 for Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16.

### How many benchmarks does GPT-5.5 cover on BenchLM?

GPT-5.5 currently has 42 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 cover on BenchLM?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 currently has 8 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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