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EXAONE 4.5 33B vs Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)

EXAONE 4.5 33B and Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) are closely matched at 26.0 and 26.8 on the LLM Stats Score.

LG AI Research · NVIDIA · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

EXAONE 4.5 33B and Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 26.0 and 26.8.

In the 7 individual benchmarks reported for both models, EXAONE 4.5 33B wins 4; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose EXAONE 4.5 33B

  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 4 of 7 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Apr 2026

Choose Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

EXAONE 4.5 33B
LG AI Research
Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)
NVIDIA
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
26.0
#155
26.8
#150
Reasoning
26.6
#148
25.1
#156
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
4 of 7
3 of 7
Input price
— / M
$0.09 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.40 / M
Context window
—
262,144

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

3 shared
Index
EXAONE 4.5 33B
Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)
Math
28.4#93
30.4#75
Tool use
10.4#125
2.8#166
Writing
14.9#45
9.9#77
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

15 reported for EXAONE 4.5 33B · 23 for Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)

7 shared

EXAONE 4.5 33B outperforms in 4 benchmarks (AIME 2025, Tau2 Airline, Tau2 Retail, Tau2 Telecom), while Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) is better at 3 benchmarks (AA-LCR, GPQA, MMLU-Pro).

EXAONE 4.5 33B has a slight edge in benchmark performance.

Tue Sep 22 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

87.0B diff

Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) has 87.0B more parameters than EXAONE 4.5 33B, making it 263.6% larger.

LG AI Research
EXAONE 4.5 33B
33.0Bparameters
NVIDIA
Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)
120.0Bparameters
33.0B
EXAONE 4.5 33B
120.0B
Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) specifies input context (262,144 tokens). Only Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) specifies output context (262,144 tokens).

LG AI Research
EXAONE 4.5 33B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
NVIDIA
Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)
Input262,144 tokens
Output262,144 tokens
Tue Sep 22 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

EXAONE 4.5 33B supports multimodal inputs, whereas Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) does not.

EXAONE 4.5 33B can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

EXAONE 4.5 33B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

EXAONE 4.5 33B is licensed under a proprietary license, while Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) uses NVIDIA Open Model License Agreement .

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

EXAONE 4.5 33B

Proprietary

Closed source

Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)

NVIDIA Open Model License Agreement

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

EXAONE 4.5 33B was released on 2026-04-09, while Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) was released on 2026-03-11.

EXAONE 4.5 33B is 1 month newer than Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B).

EXAONE 4.5 33B

Apr 9, 2026

5 months ago

4w newer
Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)

Mar 11, 2026

6 months ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

EXAONE 4.5 33B has a knowledge cutoff of 2024-12-01, while Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) has a cutoff of 2025-06-01.

Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) has more recent training data (up to 2025-06-01), making it potentially better informed about events through that date compared to EXAONE 4.5 33B (2024-12-01).

EXAONE 4.5 33B

Dec 2024

Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)

Jun 2025

6 mo newer

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against EXAONE 4.5 33B and Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

EXAONE 4.5 33B
✓ Preferred
Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)
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FAQ

Common questions about EXAONE 4.5 33B vs Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B).

Which is better, EXAONE 4.5 33B or Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)?

EXAONE 4.5 33B and Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at 26.0 and 26.8. EXAONE 4.5 33B is made by LG AI Research and Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) is made by NVIDIA. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does EXAONE 4.5 33B compare to Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) in benchmarks?

EXAONE 4.5 33B scores AIME 2025: 92.9%, AIME 2026: 92.6%, IFEval: 89.6%, AI2D: 89.0%, MathVista-Mini: 85.0%. Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) scores HMMT 2025: 94.7%, RULER: 91.8%, AIME 2025: 90.2%, WMT24++: 86.7%, MMLU-Pro: 83.7%.

What are the context window sizes for EXAONE 4.5 33B and Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)?

EXAONE 4.5 33B supports an unknown number of tokens and Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) supports 262K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between EXAONE 4.5 33B and Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (26.0 vs 26.8), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs NVIDIA Open Model License Agreement ). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes EXAONE 4.5 33B and Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)?

EXAONE 4.5 33B is developed by LG AI Research and Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) is developed by NVIDIA.

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