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Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B) vs Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B) leads the LLM Stats Score 35.0 to 14.0.

NVIDIA · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B) leads the overall LLM Stats Score 35.0 to 14.0, ranking #108 overall.

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

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

Choose Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

  • you are already invested in the Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B)
NVIDIA
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
35.0
#108
14.0
#261
Reasoning
36.2
#94
11.3
#276
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$0.20 / M
— / M
Output price
$1.00 / M
— / M
Context window
262,144
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

2 shared
Index
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B)
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
Vision
20.3#86
10.5#137
Multimodal
22.0#76
11.4#129
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

19 reported for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B) · 15 for Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

No common benchmarks found

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B) and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instructdon'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

46.6B diff

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B) has 46.6B more parameters than Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct, making it 63.5% larger.

NVIDIA
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B)
120.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
73.4Bparameters
120.0B
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B)
73.4B
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

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
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B)
Input262,144 tokens
Output262,144 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mon Oct 19 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B) and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B) is licensed under OpenMDW License v1.1, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct uses tongyi-qianwen.

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

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B)

OpenMDW License v1.1

Open weights

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

tongyi-qianwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B) was released on 2026-10-15, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct was released on 2024-08-29.

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B) is 26 months newer than Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct.

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B)

Oct 15, 2026

4 days ago

2.1yr newer
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Aug 29, 2024

2.1 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-06-30, while Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B)'s cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct's training data extends to 2023-06-30, but cannot make a direct comparison without Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B)'s cutoff date.

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B)

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Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Jun 2023

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B) and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B)
✓ Preferred
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B) vs Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct.

Which is better, Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B) or Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B) leads the LLM Stats Score 35.0 to 14.0. Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B) is made by NVIDIA and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B) compare to Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct in benchmarks?

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%. Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct scores DocVQAtest: 96.5%, VCR_en_easy: 91.9%, ChartQA: 88.3%, OCRBench: 87.7%, MMBench: 86.5%.

What are the context window sizes for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B) and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B) supports 262K tokens and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B) and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (35.0 vs 14.0), licensing (OpenMDW License v1.1 vs tongyi-qianwen). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B) and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B A12B) is developed by NVIDIA and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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