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Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B vs NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

NVIDIA · released

Wins 5 of 6 areas

Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Long documents · Following instructions

NVIDIA · released

Wins 0 of 6 areas

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Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B is the stronger all-rounder.NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is cheaper.

Scores updated · 39 tests both models report · How we compare

Where each one wins

Tests won in each of the six areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.

Long documents rests on a single test.

What it costs

Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B$0.30 to read · $0.90 to write$1.20Price from Artificial Analysis
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B$0.05 to read · $0.20 to write$0.25Price from Artificial Analysis

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs 79% less for the same work.

The biggest differences

The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.

Where Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B pulls ahead

  • Command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench 2.1+31.9points aheadNemotron 3 Super 120B A12B38.6NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B6.7
  • Reasons across sets of long documentsAA-LCR+27.7points aheadNemotron 3 Super 120B A12B65.7NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B38
  • Keeps track of context across a multi-turn chatMulti-Challenge+16.7points aheadNemotron 3 Super 120B A12B55.2NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B38.5

Where NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B pulls ahead

Every test, side by side

All 39 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.

CodingNemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Full coding ranking

AgentsNemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Full agents ranking

ReasoningNemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Full reasoning ranking

FactsEven

Full facts ranking

Long documentsNemotron 3 Super 120B A12B
  • AA-LCRNemotron 3 Super 120B A12B by 27.765.738+27.7

Full long documents ranking

Following instructionsNemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Full following instructions ranking

Other results24 tests, not counted

Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.

Questions people ask

Which is better, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B wins five of the six areas where both have results: coding, agents, reasoning, long documents and following instructions. NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B wins none, but costs 79% less. They are level on facts.

Which is better for coding?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B. It wins 4 of the 4 coding tests both models report; NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B wins none.

Which is cheaper?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $0.90 per million output tokens; NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs $0.05 and $0.20. That makes NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B about 79% cheaper for the same work.

How do you compare the two?

We use the 39 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 15 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 24 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.