# Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B vs Seed 2.1 Turbo

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B and Seed 2.1 Turbo across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/nemotron-3-5-super-vl-120b-a12b-vs-seed-2-1-turbo
- Last updated: October 15, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B has the higher overall point estimate 49.51 to 0. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is BabyVision in Multimodal & Grounded, with scores of 29.6% and 62.9%.
- 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 | Seed 2.1 Turbo |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | NVIDIA | ByteDance |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| 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)
- Seed 2.1 Turbo public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Seed 2.1 Turbo | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 66.7% | 67.6% | Seed 2.1 Turbo |
| 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
- Seed 2.1 Turbo public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Seed 2.1 Turbo | 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 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 67.6% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 43.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 73 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Seed 2.1 Turbo public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Seed 2.1 Turbo | 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)
- Seed 2.1 Turbo public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Seed 2.1 Turbo | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BabyVision | 29.6% | 62.9% | Seed 2.1 Turbo |
| MMLongBench-Doc | 62.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| V* | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 78.2% | 90.1% | Seed 2.1 Turbo |
| CharXiv | 80.8% | 82.5% | Seed 2.1 Turbo |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 80.1% | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | Coming soon | 11.0% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 71.3% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME | Coming soon | 89.0% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 51.8 (Estimated · #73/184)
- Seed 2.1 Turbo public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Seed 2.1 Turbo | 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 |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 67.4% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 66.6 (#72/146)
- Seed 2.1 Turbo public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Seed 2.1 Turbo | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 70.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Seed 2.1 Turbo public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Seed 2.1 Turbo | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Apex Shortlist | 88.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B or Seed 2.1 Turbo?

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### 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 Seed 2.1 Turbo cover on BenchLM?

Seed 2.1 Turbo currently has 11 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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