# Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 vs ZAYA1-8B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 and ZAYA1-8B 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-zaya1-8b
- Last updated: October 15, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 and ZAYA1-8B share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- ZAYA1-8B has the lower published output-token price.
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | ZAYA1-8B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | NVIDIA | Zyphra |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 131K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 34.43 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 18 | 11 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | ZAYA1-8B | 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 39.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 87.4% | 65.8% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 71.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 67% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 51.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: 72.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: 59.5 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BabyVision | 29.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLongBench-Doc | 62.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| V* | 86.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 77.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 79.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: 37.7 (Estimated · #125/184)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 89.9% | 71.0% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 |
| HLE w/o tools | 31.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 29% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 71% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 74.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: 68.1 (#71/146)
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: 23.6 (#139/146)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 71.5% | 52.6% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: 69.4 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Apex Shortlist | 89.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 89.1% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 71.6% | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | Coming soon | 59.3% | Coming soon |
| Apex | Coming soon | 32.2% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 and ZAYA1-8B?

Not yet. The models share only 3 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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