Compare/NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) vs Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)vsLlama 3.3 Instruct 70B

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

NVIDIA

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)

Input
$0.3/M
Output
$0.75/M
Speed
370 tok/s
TTFT
0.55s
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Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B

Input
$0.58/M
Output
$0.71/M
Speed
99 tok/s
TTFT
0.49s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)
Faster (tok/s)
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)
Lower Latency
Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B
Benchmarks (7-5)
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)

Pricing Comparison

MetricNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B
Input ($/M tokens)$0.3$0.58
Output ($/M tokens)$0.75$0.71
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)$0.38
Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B$0.65

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)
370 tok/s
Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B
99 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)
0.55s
Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B
0.49s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
36.014.5
Coding Index
31.210.7
Math Index
7.7
GPQA Diamond
80.0%49.8%
MMLU-Pro
71.3%
LiveCodeBench
28.8%
AIME 2025
7.7%
MATH-500
77.3%
Humanity's Last Exam
19.2%4.0%
SciCode
36.0%26.0%
IFBench
71.5%47.1%
TerminalBench
28.8%3.0%
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)7 wins
5 winsLlama 3.3 Instruct 70B

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) or Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B?

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.41/M tokens vs $0.64/M for Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B.

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) wins 7 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 5 for Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) generates tokens faster at 370 tok/s vs 99 tok/s. However, Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B has lower time-to-first-token (0.49s vs 0.55s).

When should I use NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) vs Llama 3.3 Instruct 70B?

Choose based on your priorities: NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) for lower cost, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) for stronger benchmark performance, and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.