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Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct vs Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B)

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B) leads the LLM Stats Score 35.0 to 0.1.

NVIDIA · NVIDIA · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B) leads the overall LLM Stats Score 35.0 to 0.1, ranking #108 overall.

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

Choose Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

  • you are already invested in the NVIDIA ecosystem

Choose Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B)

  • overall performance matters — it scores 35.0 and ranks #108 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
NVIDIA
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B)
NVIDIA
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
0.1
#348
35.0
#108
Reasoning
-0.2
#341
36.2
#94
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
— / M
$0.20 / M
Output price
— / M
$1.00 / M
Context window
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262,144

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B)
Math
6.9#279
28.1#101
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

11 reported for Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct · 19 for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B)

No common benchmarks found

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (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

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

50.0B diff

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B) has 50.0B more parameters than Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct, making it 71.4% larger.

NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
70.0Bparameters
NVIDIA
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B)
120.0Bparameters
70.0B
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
120.0B
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B)

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B) specifies input context (262,144 tokens). Only Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B) specifies output context (262,144 tokens).

NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
NVIDIA
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B)
Input262,144 tokens
Output262,144 tokens
Tue Oct 20 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B) supports multimodal inputs, whereas Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct does not.

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B) can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct is licensed under Llama 3.1 Community License, while Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B) uses OpenMDW License v1.1.

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

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Llama 3.1 Community License

Open weights

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B)

OpenMDW License v1.1

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct was released on 2024-10-01, while Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B) was released on 2026-10-15.

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B) is 25 months newer than Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Oct 1, 2024

2.0 years ago

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B)

Oct 15, 2026

4 days ago

2.0yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-01, while Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B)'s cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct's training data extends to 2023-12-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B)'s cutoff date.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Dec 2023

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B)

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Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B) side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
✓ Preferred
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B)
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FAQ

Common questions about Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct vs Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B).

Which is better, Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct or Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B)?

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B) leads the LLM Stats Score 35.0 to 0.1. Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct is made by NVIDIA and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (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 Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct compare to Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B) in benchmarks?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct scores GSM8k: 91.4%, HellaSwag: 85.6%, Winogrande: 84.5%, GSM8K Chat: 81.9%, MMLU Chat: 80.6%. Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B) scores GPQA: 89.5%, LiveCodeBench v6: 88.2%, CharXiv-R: 80.8%, MathVision: 78.2%, BrowseComp: 78.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B)?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (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 Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B)?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (0.1 vs 35.0), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (Llama 3.1 Community License vs OpenMDW License v1.1). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

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