# Kimi K3.1 Pro vs Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Kimi K3.1 Pro 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/kimi-3-1-pro-vs-nemotron-3-5-super-vl-120b-a12b-nvfp4
- Last updated: October 23, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Kimi K3.1 Pro 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

- Kimi K3.1 Pro leads overall 82 to 58.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 98 for Kimi K3.1 Pro and 58.5 for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HLE in Knowledge, with scores of 70% and 29%.
- 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.
- Kimi K3.1 Pro also has the larger context window at 1.05M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Moonshot AI | NVIDIA |
| Type | Pending | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1.05M | 1M |
| Overall Score | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 42 | 18 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $10.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K3.1 Pro public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | 65.70% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1 | 38.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 70.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 92.1% | 77.5% | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| BioMysteryBench | 80.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | 43.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam (CLI) | 44.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | 67.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Frontier Finance | 58.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HANDBOOK.md | 44.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 79.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Business Operation | 37.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Financial Modeling | 57.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Financial Research | 70.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Kimi Hallu Bench Hard (tools) | 8.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ExploitGym | 20.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 60.8% | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench Airline | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 17.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K3.1 Pro public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DeepSWE | 75.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench (binary) | 31.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Kimi Code Bench v2 | 77.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Kimi Code Bench 3.0 Long-horizon | 61.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| sweMarathon | 51.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrainBench v1.2 | 36.5% | 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 |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 51.3% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K3.1 Pro public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: 71.5 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K3.1 Pro public-lane score: 98 (#1/56)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: 58.5 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | 67.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OfficeQA Pro v2 | 64.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BenchCAD Vision2Code (no tools) | 0.728 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BenchCAD Vision2Code (tools) | 0.927 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 84.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 90% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 93.4% | 79.9% | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 89% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Chartography (tools) | 90.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | 95.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | 39.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench w/ Python | 63.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GDP.pdf (Gemini judge) | 34.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GDP.pdf w/ Python (Gemini judge) | 85.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PerceptionBench | 68.3% | 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 |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K3.1 Pro public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 94.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 94.2% | 89.9% | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| HLE | 70% | 29% | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| HLE w/o tools | 51.1% | 31.4% | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| Kimi Hallu Bench | 5.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K3.1 Pro public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: 68.1 (#76/153)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 71.5% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K3.1 Pro public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Apex Shortlist | Coming soon | 89.4% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Kimi K3.1 Pro or Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4?

Kimi K3.1 Pro is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Kimi K3.1 Pro and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 98 for Kimi K3.1 Pro and 58.5 for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4.

### How many benchmarks does Kimi K3.1 Pro cover on BenchLM?

Kimi K3.1 Pro currently has 42 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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