# Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B vs Perplexity Decider v1 27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B and Perplexity Decider v1 27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/nemotron-3-5-super-vl-120b-a12b-vs-pplx-decider-v1-27b
- Last updated: October 15, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B and Perplexity Decider v1 27B.

## Summary

- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B and Perplexity Decider v1 27B do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Perplexity Decider v1 27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | NVIDIA | Perplexity |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 49.51 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 19 | 0 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | $0.02 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 44.2 (Estimated · #61/127)
- Perplexity Decider v1 27B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Perplexity Decider v1 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 66.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench Airline | 76.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 18.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 78% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Perplexity Decider v1 27B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Perplexity Decider v1 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 88.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 71.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 67.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 51.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 73 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Perplexity Decider v1 27B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Perplexity Decider v1 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | 10.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 62 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)
- Perplexity Decider v1 27B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Perplexity Decider v1 27B | 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: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 51.8 (Estimated · #73/184)
- Perplexity Decider v1 27B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Perplexity Decider v1 27B | 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: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 66.6 (#72/146)
- Perplexity Decider v1 27B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Perplexity Decider v1 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 70.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Perplexity Decider v1 27B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Perplexity Decider v1 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Apex Shortlist | 88.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B and Perplexity Decider v1 27B on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

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