# Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B vs Qwen3.8-27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B and Qwen3.8-27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/nemotron-3-5-super-vl-120b-a12b-vs-qwen3-8-27b
- Last updated: October 15, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 10
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Qwen3.8-27B leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Qwen3.8-27B has the higher overall point estimate 59.6 to 49.51. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 62 for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B and 84.4 for Qwen3.8-27B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is BabyVision in Multimodal & Grounded, with scores of 29.6% and 65.7%.
- Qwen3.8-27B 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 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Qwen3.8-27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | NVIDIA | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Overall Score | 49.51 | 59.6 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 19 | 34 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 44.2 (Estimated · #61/127)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 63.4 (Supported · #20/127)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 66.7% | 73.0% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| τ²-bench Airline | 76.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 18.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 78% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CoWorkBench | Coming soon | 70.7% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 33.4% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 42.9% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 84.3% | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | Coming soon | 64.8% | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | Coming soon | 81.9% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 58.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 46.6 (Supported · #51/150)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 88.2% | 90.3% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| SWE-bench Verified | 71.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 67.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 51.8% | 61.7% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 73.0% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 42.3% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 42.2% | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | Coming soon | 82.6% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 84.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| Bug Hunt Bench | Coming soon | 15.0 fixes | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 73 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 82.2 (#9/28)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Qwen3.8-27B | 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)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 84.4 (#13/54)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BabyVision | 29.6% | 65.7% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| MMLongBench-Doc | 62.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| V* | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 78.2% | 90.0% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| CharXiv | 80.8% | 90.2% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| MathVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 94.6% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |
| Vision2Web | Coming soon | 62.9% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 83.7% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 91.1% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 85.9% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 65.5% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 51.8 (Estimated · #73/184)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 51.3 (Supported · #76/184)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 89.5% | 89.2% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B |
| HLE w/o tools | 31.8% | 30.8% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B |
| HLE | 29.2% | 30.8% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 88.9% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 84.3% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Qwen3.8-27B
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 66.6 (#72/146)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 86.9 (#40/146)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 70.9% | 79.5% | Qwen3.8-27B |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Apex Shortlist | 88.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B or Qwen3.8-27B?

Qwen3.8-27B 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 and Qwen3.8-27B?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 62 for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B and 84.4 for Qwen3.8-27B.

### 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 Qwen3.8-27B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.8-27B currently has 34 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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