# Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B vs Sage-A1.5

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B and Sage-A1.5 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/nemotron-3-5-super-vl-120b-a12b-vs-sage-a1-5
- Last updated: October 20, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Sage-A1.5 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Sage-A1.5 has the higher overall point estimate 62.95 to 49.34. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 66.6 for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B and 91.9 for Sage-A1.5.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is IFBench in Instruction Following, with scores of 70.9% and 81.6%.
- Sage-A1.5 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 | Sage-A1.5 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | NVIDIA | InternScience |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Overall Score | 49.34 | 62.95 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 19 | 12 |
| 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: 44.1 (Estimated · #64/132)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 57.7 (Estimated · #36/132)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Sage-A1.5 | 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% | 81.7% | Sage-A1.5 |
| GAIA | Coming soon | 95.1% | Coming soon |
| MLE-Bench Lite | Coming soon | 65.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 55.1% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 45.4% | Coming soon |
| PinchBench | Coming soon | 90.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 54 (Estimated · #34/153)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 88.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 71.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 67.7% | 72.7% | Sage-A1.5 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 51.8% | 61.2% | Sage-A1.5 |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 44.3% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 72.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 80.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | 10.9% | 20.0% | Sage-A1.5 |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 62 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Sage-A1.5 | 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 · #75/187)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Sage-A1.5 | 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 |
| FrontierScience Research | Coming soon | 48.3% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Sage-A1.5
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 66.6 (#77/152)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 91.9 (#22/152)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 70.9% | 81.6% | Sage-A1.5 |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Apex Shortlist | 88.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B or Sage-A1.5?

Sage-A1.5 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 Sage-A1.5?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 66.6 for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B and 91.9 for Sage-A1.5.

### 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 Sage-A1.5 cover on BenchLM?

Sage-A1.5 currently has 12 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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