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Gemini 4 Carbon vs Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)

Gemini 4 Carbon leads the LLM Stats Score 58.8 to 26.1.

Google · NVIDIA · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Gemini 4 Carbon leads the overall LLM Stats Score 58.8 to 26.1, ranking #2 overall.

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

Choose Gemini 4 Carbon

  • overall performance matters — it scores 58.8 and ranks #2 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 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.

Gemini 4 Carbon
Google
Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)
NVIDIA
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
58.8
#2
26.1
#182
Reasoning
54.4
#5
24.4
#189
Coding
48.3
#3
13.2
#167
Agents
45.8
#1
-1.3
#213
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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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

1 shared
Index
Gemini 4 Carbon
Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)
Tool use
35.4#3
2.3#199
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

16 reported for Gemini 4 Carbon · 23 for Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)

No common benchmarks found

Gemini 4 Carbon and Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

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).

Google
Gemini 4 Carbon
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
NVIDIA
Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)
Input262,144 tokens
Output262,144 tokens
Thu Nov 05 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Gemini 4 Carbon supports multimodal inputs, whereas Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) does not.

Gemini 4 Carbon can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemini 4 Carbon

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 4 Carbon 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.

Gemini 4 Carbon

Proprietary

Closed source

Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)

NVIDIA Open Model License Agreement

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 4 Carbon was released on 2026-10-28, while Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) was released on 2026-03-11.

Gemini 4 Carbon is 8 months newer than Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B).

Gemini 4 Carbon

Oct 28, 2026

1 weeks ago

7mo newer
Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)

Mar 11, 2026

7 months ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-06-01, while Gemini 4 Carbon's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)'s training data extends to 2025-06-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Gemini 4 Carbon's cutoff date.

Gemini 4 Carbon

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Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)

Jun 2025

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Gemini 4 Carbon and Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Gemini 4 Carbon
✓ Preferred
Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)
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FAQ

Common questions about Gemini 4 Carbon vs Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B).

Which is better, Gemini 4 Carbon or Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)?

Gemini 4 Carbon leads the LLM Stats Score 58.8 to 26.1. Gemini 4 Carbon is made by Google 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 Gemini 4 Carbon compare to Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) in benchmarks?

Gemini 4 Carbon scores Gray Swan IPI Benchmark: 100.0%, Vending-Bench 2: 100.0%, Graphwalks BFS >128k: 96.2%, WebDev Arena: 88.4%, SEC-bench Pro: 88.2%. 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 Gemini 4 Carbon and Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)?

Gemini 4 Carbon 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 Gemini 4 Carbon and Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (58.8 vs 26.1), 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 Gemini 4 Carbon and Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)?

Gemini 4 Carbon is developed by Google and Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) is developed by NVIDIA.

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