# Mellum2.1-12B-A2.5B-Thinking vs Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Mellum2.1-12B-A2.5B-Thinking and Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/mellum2-1-12b-a2-5b-thinking-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: Mellum2.1-12B-A2.5B-Thinking 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.
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 has the larger published context window at 256K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Mellum2.1-12B-A2.5B-Thinking | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | JetBrains | NVIDIA |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 7 | 8 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mellum2.1-12B-A2.5B-Thinking public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Mellum2.1-12B-A2.5B-Thinking | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 17.4% | 53.9% | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 |
| 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
- Mellum2.1-12B-A2.5B-Thinking public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Mellum2.1-12B-A2.5B-Thinking | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 82.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 47% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 28% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mellum2.1-12B-A2.5B-Thinking public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: 72.1 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mellum2.1-12B-A2.5B-Thinking public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Mellum2.1-12B-A2.5B-Thinking | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Redux | 87.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 64.6% | 88.8% | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 28.7% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mellum2.1-12B-A2.5B-Thinking public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Mellum2.1-12B-A2.5B-Thinking | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 90.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Mellum2.1-12B-A2.5B-Thinking 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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