# Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 vs Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B > Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B 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 - Last updated: October 16, 2026 - Shared sourced benchmarks: 5 - HTML indexing: indexable - Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8 ## Quick Verdict Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests. ## Summary - Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 has the higher overall point estimate 60 to 49.38. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. - The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 72.1 for Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 and 73 for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B. - The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Agentic, with scores of 53.9% and 66.7%. - Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B 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 | |----------|----------|----------| | Creator | NVIDIA | NVIDIA | | Type | Open Weight | Open Weight | | Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning | | Context | 256K | 1M | | Overall Score | null | 49.38 | | Benchmarks Covered | 8 | 19 | | 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 public-lane score: 44 (Estimated · #60/128) | Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner | |-----------|-----------|-----------|--------| | Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 53.9% | 66.7% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | | τ³-bench results | 17.0% | 18.9% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | | BrowseComp | 70% | 78% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | | 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 | 76.5% | 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 public-lane score: Coming soon | Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner | |-----------|-----------|-----------|--------| | LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 88.2% | Coming soon | | SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 71.1% | Coming soon | | SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 67.7% | Coming soon | | SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 51.8% | 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 public-lane score: 73 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows) | Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner | |-----------|-----------|-----------|--------| | CritPt | Coming soon | 10.9% | Coming soon | ### Multimodal & Grounded - Winner: Not comparable - Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon - Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 62 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows) | Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | 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: Not comparable - Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon - Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 51.7 (Estimated · #73/184) | Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner | |-----------|-----------|-----------|--------| | GPQA-D | 88.8% | 89.5% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | | HLE w/o tools | 28.7% | 31.8% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | | HLE | Coming soon | 29.2% | 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 public-lane score: 66.6 (#74/148) | Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner | |-----------|-----------|-----------|--------| | IFBench | Coming soon | 70.9% | 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 public-lane score: Coming soon | Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner | |-----------|-----------|-----------|--------| | Apex Shortlist | Coming soon | 88.4% | Coming soon | ## FAQ ### Which is better overall, Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 or Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B? Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. ### Where is the biggest gap between Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B? The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 72.1 for Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 and 73 for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B. ### 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 cover on BenchLM? 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