# Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B vs Ornith-1.0-9B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B and Ornith-1.0-9B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/nemotron-3-5-super-vl-120b-a12b-vs-ornith-1-0-9b
- Last updated: October 15, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B 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 has the higher overall point estimate 49.51 to 44. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Agentic, with scores of 66.7% and 43.1%.
- Ornith-1.0-9B 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 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Ornith-1.0-9B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | NVIDIA | DeepReinforce AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Overall Score | 49.51 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 19 | 7 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 44.2 (Estimated · #61/127)
- Ornith-1.0-9B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Ornith-1.0-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 66.7% | 43.1% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B |
| τ²-bench Airline | 76.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 18.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 78% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 63.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.0-9B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Ornith-1.0-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 88.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 71.1% | 69.4% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B |
| SWE Multilingual | 67.7% | 52% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B |
| SWE-bench Pro | 51.8% | 42.9% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 27.2% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 43.1% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 73 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Ornith-1.0-9B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Ornith-1.0-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | 10.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 62 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)
- Ornith-1.0-9B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Ornith-1.0-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BabyVision | 29.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLongBench-Doc | 62.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| V* | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 78.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 80.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 51.8 (Estimated · #73/184)
- Ornith-1.0-9B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Ornith-1.0-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 89.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 31.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 29.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 66.6 (#72/146)
- Ornith-1.0-9B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Ornith-1.0-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 70.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.0-9B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Ornith-1.0-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Apex Shortlist | 88.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B or Ornith-1.0-9B?

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

### How many benchmarks does Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B cover on BenchLM?

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B currently has 19 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Ornith-1.0-9B cover on BenchLM?

Ornith-1.0-9B currently has 7 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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