# GPT-5.6 Terra vs Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-5.6 Terra and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-5-6-terra-vs-nemotron-3-5-super-vl-120b-a12b-nvfp4
- Last updated: October 15, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.6 Terra if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- GPT-5.6 Terra leads overall 70.25 to 58.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 84.5 for GPT-5.6 Terra and 59.5 for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Agentic, with scores of 87.4% and 60.8%.
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- GPT-5.6 Terra also has the larger context window at 1.05M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-5.6 Terra | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | NVIDIA |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1.05M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 70.25 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 35 | 18 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $12.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 60.6 (Supported · #26/127)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 20.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 87.4% | 60.8% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| BrowseComp | 87.5% | 77.5% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 50.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 81.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ExploitGym | 23.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 53.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 77.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | 16% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MazeBench | 6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench Airline | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 17.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 61.9 (Supported · #15/150)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 63.4% | 51.3% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 87.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 69.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Extended | 55.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 3.2 | 64.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | 87.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 85.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 95.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 4.0 | 41.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 87.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 71.1% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 67% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 69.1 (#22/28)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: 72.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 83.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 0.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 96.50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 84.5 (#11/54)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: 59.5 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 80.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 82% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | Coming soon | 29.5% | Coming soon |
| MMLongBench-Doc | Coming soon | 62.8% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 77.8% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 79.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 70.1 (Supported · #17/184)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 92.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 92.9% | 89.9% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| HLE-Verified | 51.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LABBench2 | 81.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Professional | 57.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Hard | 32.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 90.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 31.4% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 29% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 87.1 (#38/146)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: 68.1 (#71/146)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 71.5% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 90.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath (legacy) | 84.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 84.900% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 68.300% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Apex Shortlist | Coming soon | 89.4% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GPT-5.6 Terra or Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4?

GPT-5.6 Terra is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GPT-5.6 Terra and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 84.5 for GPT-5.6 Terra and 59.5 for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4.

### How many benchmarks does GPT-5.6 Terra cover on BenchLM?

GPT-5.6 Terra currently has 35 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 cover on BenchLM?

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 currently has 18 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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