# Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B vs Qwen3.5-9B (slim)

> Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B scores 66.2 (B) to Qwen3.5-9B's 60.5 (C) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B scores 66.2 (B) on agent readiness against Qwen3.5-9B's 60.5 (C), and leads in 4 of 5 scored categories. Qwen3.5-9B leads on reach. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B: B 66.2, rank #15 of 100 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b.min.md
- Qwen3.5-9B: C 60.5, rank #53 of 100 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwen3-5-9b.min.md
- Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B, good for Agents on a 128 GB unified machine or Blackwell GPUs that want a long-context, tool-calling reasoning model with documented training data Ahead on Risk, 65 against 55; Agent interface, 90 against 70; Documentation and upkeep, 65 against 34.
- Qwen3.5-9B, good for Agents that want a small multimodal tool-calling cousin on a laptop or a 16 GB GPU, under a plain licence Ahead on Reach, 85 against 75.

| Category | Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B | Qwen3.5-9B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | 54 | 51 |
| Reach (25%) | 75 | 85 |
| Risk (20%) | 65 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 90 | 70 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 65 | 34 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B | Qwen3.5-9B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | NVIDIA | Alibaba (Qwen team) |
| Licence | NVIDIA Nemotron Open Model License | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-03-11 | 2026-03-02 |
| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | 2.5/5 (4) |