# Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 vs Qwen3.5-27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 and Qwen3.5-27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/nemotron-3-5-super-vl-120b-a12b-nvfp4-vs-qwen3-5-27b
- Last updated: October 15, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 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 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 has the higher overall point estimate 58 to 48.73. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 68.1 for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 and 92.9 for Qwen3.5-27B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is BrowseComp in Agentic, with scores of 77.5% and 61%.
- Qwen3.5-27B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Qwen3.5-27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | NVIDIA | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Overall Score | null | 48.73 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 18 | 20 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 37.1 (Estimated · #76/127)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 60.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench Airline | 75.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 17.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 77.5% | 61% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 41.6% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 56.2% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 39.41% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 32.1 (Estimated · #87/150)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 87.4% | 80.7% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 71.1% | 72.4% | Qwen3.5-27B |
| SWE Multilingual | 67% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 51.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | Coming soon | 58.9% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 41.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: 72.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 71.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 60.6% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: 59.5 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 67.5 (#37/54)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BabyVision | 29.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLongBench-Doc | 62.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| V* | 86.0% | 93.7% | Qwen3.5-27B |
| MathVision | 77.8% | 86.0% | Qwen3.5-27B |
| CharXiv | 79.9% | 79.5% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 |
| MMMU | Coming soon | 82.3% | Coming soon |
| MMVU | Coming soon | 73.3% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 75% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 45.8 (Supported · #95/184)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 89.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 31.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 29% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 86.1% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 65.6% | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 85.5% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 87.1 (#10/17)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 82.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: 68.1 (#71/146)
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 92.9 (#14/146)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 71.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 95% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Apex Shortlist | 89.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 or Qwen3.5-27B?

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 and Qwen3.5-27B?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 68.1 for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 and 92.9 for Qwen3.5-27B.

### 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.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.5-27B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.5-27B currently has 20 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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