# Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 vs Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B 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-qwen3-5-35b-a3b
- Last updated: October 15, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5-35B-A3B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 leads overall 58 to 45.82.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 68.1 for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 and 88.8 for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is BrowseComp in Agentic, with scores of 77.5% and 61%.
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B 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 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | NVIDIA | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Overall Score | null | 45.82 |
| 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
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 33.4 (Estimated · #84/127)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | 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 | 40.5% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 54.5% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 28.96% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 25.9 (Estimated · #105/150)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 87.4% | 74.6% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 71.1% | 69.2% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 |
| SWE Multilingual | 67% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 51.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | Coming soon | 53.7% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 40.5% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: 72.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 65.3 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 59% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: 59.5 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 64.6 (#42/54)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BabyVision | 29.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLongBench-Doc | 62.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| V* | 86.0% | 92.7% | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
| MathVision | 77.8% | 83.9% | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
| CharXiv | 79.9% | 77.5% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 |
| MMMU | Coming soon | 81.4% | Coming soon |
| MMVU | Coming soon | 72.3% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 75.1% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 43.2 (Supported · #106/184)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | 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 | 85.3% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 63.4% | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 84.2% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 83.8 (#11/17)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 81% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: 68.1 (#71/146)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 88.8 (#32/146)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 71.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 91.9% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Apex Shortlist | 89.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 68.1 for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 and 88.8 for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B.

### 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 Qwen3.5-35B-A3B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B currently has 20 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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