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NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B-A12BvsStep 3.5 Flash

Step 3.5 Flash leads 3 of 3 shared benchmarks. NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B-A12B has the larger context window (1M tokens).

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Step 3.5 Flash leads
Cheaper per token
list price, input + output
Larger context
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B-A12B
1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · —
NVIDIA · StepFun
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B-A12B
NVIDIA · released 2026-03-11
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Context
1M
Max out
Input /1M
Output /1M
Cached /1M
Scores
10 · 8 core
Step 3.5 Flash
StepFun · released 2026-02-12
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Context
256K
Max out
Input /1M
Output /1M
Cached /1M
Scores
18 · 5 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B-A12BStep 3.5 FlashΔEdge
Reported by both · 3
SWE-bench Verified60.47% 74.4% -13.9 ptStep 3.5 Flash
AIME 202590.21% 97.3% -7.1 ptStep 3.5 Flash
LMArena Elo1377.9 1403.7 -25.8Step 3.5 Flash
Only NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B-A12B reports · 7
MMLU-Pro83.73% not reported
Humanity's Last Exam (no tools)18.26% not reported
GPQA (no tools)79.23% not reported
GPQA (with tools)82.7% not reported
Humanity's Last Exam (with tools)22.82% not reported
LiveCodeBench81.19% not reported
Terminal-Bench Core 2.031% not reported
Only Step 3.5 Flash reports · 14
AIME 2026not reported96.7% matharena
BrowseCompnot reported51.6%
BrowseComp (with context manager)not reported69%
BrowseComp-ZHnot reported66.9%
BrowseComp-ZH (with context manager)not reported73.7%
GAIA (no file)not reported84.5%
HMMT 2025 (Feb/Nov average)not reported96.2%
IMOAnswerBenchnot reported85.4%
LiveCodeBench v6not reported86.4%
ResearchRubricsnot reported65.3%
Tau2-Benchnot reported88.2%
Terminal-Bench 2.0not reported51%
xbench-DeepSearch 2025.05not reported83.7%
xbench-DeepSearch 2025.10not reported56.3%
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B-A12B minus Step 3.5 Flash in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing

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SpecNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B-A12BStep 3.5 FlashEdge
Context window1M tokens256K tokensNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B-A12B
Max output
Input price / 1M
Output price / 1M
Cached input / 1M
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
ModalitiestexttextTie
Released2026-03-112026-02-12
Cited benchmark scores1018
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