# Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B vs Sakana Fugu

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

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

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Sakana Fugu leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Sakana Fugu has the higher overall point estimate 70 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 73.2 for Sakana Fugu.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HLE w/o tools in Knowledge, with scores of 31.8% and 47.2%.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Sakana Fugu |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | NVIDIA | Sakana AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 49.51 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 19 | 11 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

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

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 66.7% | 80.2% | Sakana Fugu |
| 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: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 88.2% | 92.9% | Sakana Fugu |
| SWE-bench Verified | 71.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 67.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 51.8% | 59% | Sakana Fugu |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 80.2% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | Coming soon | 87.8% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 60.1% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 73 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: 78.7 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | 10.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 62 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: 73.2 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Sakana Fugu | 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% | 85.1% | Sakana Fugu |

### Knowledge

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

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 89.5% | 95.5% | Sakana Fugu |
| HLE w/o tools | 31.8% | 47.2% | Sakana Fugu |
| HLE | 29.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 95.5% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

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

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 70.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Apex Shortlist | 88.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B or Sakana Fugu?

Sakana Fugu 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 Sakana Fugu?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 62 for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B and 73.2 for Sakana Fugu.

### 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 Sakana Fugu cover on BenchLM?

Sakana Fugu currently has 11 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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