# Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 vs Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 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/nemotron-3-5-bolt-74b-a9b-bf16-vs-nemotron-3-5-super-vl-120b-a12b-nvfp4
- Last updated: October 16, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 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

- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 leads overall 60 to 58.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 72.1 for Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 and 72.4 for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is BrowseComp in Agentic, with scores of 70% and 77.5%.
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 1M |
| Overall Score | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 8 | 18 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 53.9% | 60.8% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 |
| τ³-bench results | 17.0% | 17.8% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 |
| BrowseComp | 70% | 77.5% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 |
| PinchBench | 90.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 55.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WebArena | 50.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench Airline | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| 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
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: 72.1 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: 72.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: 59.5 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| 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 |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 79.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 88.8% | 89.9% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 |
| HLE w/o tools | 28.7% | 31.4% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 |
| HLE | Coming soon | 29% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: 68.1 (#73/148)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 71.5% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Apex Shortlist | Coming soon | 89.4% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 or Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 72.1 for Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 and 72.4 for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4.

### How many benchmarks does Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 cover on BenchLM?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 currently has 8 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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