# Mistral Medium 3.5 128B vs Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Mistral Medium 3.5 128B and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/mistral-medium-3-5-128b-vs-nemotron-3-5-super-vl-120b-a12b
- Last updated: October 15, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Mistral Medium 3.5 128B and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B 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 Super VL 120B A12B has the lower published output-token price.
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Mistral | NVIDIA |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 33.72 | 49.51 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 7 | 19 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.50 / $7.50 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 20 (Supported · #107/127)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 44.2 (Estimated · #61/127)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| τ³-bench results | 91.4% | 18.9% | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B |
| Gert Labs | 39.10% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 39.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 66.7% | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench Airline | Coming soon | 76.5% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 78% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 22.6 (Estimated · #114/150)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.6% | 71.1% | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 66.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 88.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 67.7% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 51.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 73.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 73 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | Coming soon | 10.9% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 60.1 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 62 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BabyVision | Coming soon | 29.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLongBench-Doc | Coming soon | 62.8% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 78.2% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 80.8% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 31.9 (Supported · #148/184)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 51.8 (Estimated · #73/184)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 34.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 75.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 89.5% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 31.8% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 29.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 84 (#50/146)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 66.6 (#72/146)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 70.9% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Apex Shortlist | Coming soon | 88.4% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Mistral Medium 3.5 128B and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B?

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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