# Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B vs Sarvam 30B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B and Sarvam 30B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/nemotron-3-5-super-vl-120b-a12b-vs-sarvam-30b
- Last updated: October 15, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B and Sarvam 30B share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Sarvam 30B has the lower published output-token price.
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Sarvam 30B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | NVIDIA | Sarvam |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 64K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 49.51 | 28.64 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 19 | 9 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 44.2 (Estimated · #61/127)
- Sarvam 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Sarvam 30B | 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% | 35.5% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Sarvam 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Sarvam 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 88.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 71.1% | 34% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B |
| SWE Multilingual | 67.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 51.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HumanEval | Coming soon | 92.1% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 73 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Sarvam 30B public-lane score: 25.9 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Sarvam 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | 10.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond | Coming soon | 66.5% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 62 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)
- Sarvam 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Sarvam 30B | 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)
- Sarvam 30B public-lane score: 27.4 (Supported · #165/184)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Sarvam 30B | 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 |
| MMLU | Coming soon | 85.1% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 80% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 66.6 (#72/146)
- Sarvam 30B public-lane score: 28.8 (#138/146)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Sarvam 30B | 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
- Sarvam 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Sarvam 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Apex Shortlist | 88.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 97% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 73.3% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 74.2% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B and Sarvam 30B?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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