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

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Kimi K3 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-k3-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 Kimi K3 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 leads overall 69.86 to 58.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 92.6 for Kimi K3 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 88.3% 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.
- Kimi K3 also has the larger context window at 1.05M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Kimi K3 | 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 | 69.86 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 52 | 18 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $3.00 / $15.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 69.5 (Supported · #10/127)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.3% | 60.8% | Kimi K3 |
| BrowseComp | 91.2% | 77.5% | Kimi K3 |
| DeepSearchQA | 95.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 73.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 84.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | 30.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 52.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | 37.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SpreadsheetBench 2 | 34.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DECK-Bench | 73.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 80.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | 18% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Hermes Index | 39.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Hermes Bench | 71.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MazeBench | 1% | 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
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 58.9 (Supported · #22/150)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DeepSWE | 67.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 3.2 | 60.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE | 81.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | 77.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Kimi Code Bench v2 | 72.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| sweMarathon | 42% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrain Bench | 36.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MLS-Bench Lite | 48.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | 73.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | 57.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 25.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 87.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 93.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrainBench v1.1 | 32.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Bug Hunt Bench | 21.0 fixes | 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 public-lane score: 70 (#21/28)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: 72.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-1 | 94.50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 60.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 92.6 (#1/54)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: 59.5 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | 63.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 81.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 83.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 84.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 91.3% | 79.9% | Kimi K3 |
| MathVision | 94.3% | 77.8% | Kimi K3 |
| MathVision w/ Python | 97.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | 85.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | 23.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench w/ Python | 41.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WorldVQA ForceAnswer | 51.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench | 91.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PerceptionBench | 58.5% | 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 |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 68.7 (Supported · #21/184)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 93.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 93.5% | 89.9% | Kimi K3 |
| HLE | 56% | 29% | Kimi K3 |
| HLE w/o tools | 43.5% | 31.4% | Kimi K3 |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 88.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: 68.1 (#71/146)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) | 52.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 71.5% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

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

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

## FAQ

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

Kimi K3 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

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

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 92.6 for Kimi K3 and 59.5 for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4.

### How many benchmarks does Kimi K3 cover on BenchLM?

Kimi K3 currently has 52 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.

## Related Comparisons

- [Kimi K3 vs Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B](/compare/kimi-k3-vs-nemotron-3-5-super-vl-120b-a12b)
- [Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 vs Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B](/compare/nemotron-3-5-super-vl-120b-a12b-vs-nemotron-3-5-super-vl-120b-a12b-nvfp4)
- [Kimi K3 vs Claude Opus 5.5](/compare/claude-opus-5-5-vs-kimi-k3)
- [Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 vs Claude Opus 5.5](/compare/claude-opus-5-5-vs-nemotron-3-5-super-vl-120b-a12b-nvfp4)

## Explore More

- [Kimi K3 profile](/models/kimi-k3)
- [Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 profile](/models/nemotron-3-5-super-vl-120b-a12b-nvfp4)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
- [Alternative Finder](/tools/alternative-finder)
- [LLM Selector](/tools/llm-selector)
- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)