# Grok 4.20 vs Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Grok 4.20 and Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/grok-4-20-beta-vs-nemotron-3-5-bolt-74b-a9b-bf16
- Last updated: October 16, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Grok 4.20 and Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 has the lower published output-token price.
- Grok 4.20 has the larger published context window at 2M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Grok 4.20 | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | xAI | NVIDIA |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 2M | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 57.42 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 24 | 8 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.25 / $2.50 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 25.1 (Supported · #103/128)
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 47.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 62.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 38.36% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 44.2% | 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 |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 70% | Coming soon |
| PinchBench | Coming soon | 90.3% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 55.6% | Coming soon |
| WebArena | Coming soon | 50.3% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 21.6 (Supported · #118/150)
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench Pro | 74.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 76.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 51.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 4.06% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 84.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 72.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 44.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: 72.1 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 53.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 0.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 53.4 (#47/54)
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 75.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 60.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ERQA | 54.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | 57.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | 65.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 53 (Supported · #69/184)
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 88.5% | 88.8% | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 |
| HLE w/o tools | 31.6% | 28.7% | Grok 4.20 |
| HealthBench Hard | 20.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (Text) | 50.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 88.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Grok 4.20 and Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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