# Granite 4.2 30B vs Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Granite 4.2 30B 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/granite-4-2-30b-vs-nemotron-3-5-super-vl-120b-a12b-nvfp4
- Last updated: October 15, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 7
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Granite 4.2 30B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 leads overall 58 to 54.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 59.5 for Granite 4.2 30B and 72.4 for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is τ³-bench results in Agentic, with scores of 62.0% and 17.8%.
- 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.
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Granite 4.2 30B | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | IBM | NVIDIA |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 1M |
| Overall Score | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 18 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30B | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 29.2% | 60.8% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 |
| τ³-bench results | 62.0% | 17.8% | Granite 4.2 30B |
| BFCL v4 | 61.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench Airline | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 77.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30B | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE Multilingual | 41.9% | 67% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 33.3% | 51.3% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 57% | 71.1% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 29.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 75.8% | 87.4% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 |
| SciCode | 38.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: 59.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: 72.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: 59.5 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30B | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| 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
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30B | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 66.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 77.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 89.9% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 31.4% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 29% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: 68.1 (#71/146)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30B | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 77.2% | 71.5% | Granite 4.2 30B |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30B | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 89.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | 89.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Apex Shortlist | Coming soon | 89.4% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Granite 4.2 30B or Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4?

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Granite 4.2 30B and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 59.5 for Granite 4.2 30B and 72.4 for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4.

### How many benchmarks does Granite 4.2 30B cover on BenchLM?

Granite 4.2 30B currently has 14 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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