# Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B vs SenseNova-Loop-9B-Preview (slim)

> Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B scores 66.7 (B) to SenseNova-Loop-9B-Preview's 46.8 (D) 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 66.7 (B) on agent readiness against SenseNova-Loop-9B-Preview's 46.8 (D), and leads in every scored category. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B: B 66.7, rank #15 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b.min.md
- SenseNova-Loop-9B-Preview: D 46.8, rank #155 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sensenova-loop-9b-preview.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 Reach, 75 against 40; Risk, 65 against 50; Agent interface, 90 against 60; Documentation and upkeep, 70 against 44.
- SenseNova-Loop-9B-Preview, good for Researchers who want to study or fine-tune a looped transformer, more than agents that need a model to call today

| Category | Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B | SenseNova-Loop-9B-Preview |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 75 | 40 |
| Risk (20%) | 65 | 50 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 90 | 60 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 70 | 44 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B | SenseNova-Loop-9B-Preview |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | NVIDIA | SenseTime (SenseNova) |
| Licence | NVIDIA Nemotron Open Model License | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-03-11 | 2026-11-02 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | not read yet |
| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | none |

Why the edge:
- Reach, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B +35: Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B 75 (Memory earns 10, because the smallest 4-bit build, NVIDIA's 80.3 GB NVFP4, needs about 96 GB with the fifth added, which fits the reference machine but not 64 G…); SenseNova-Loop-9B-Preview 40 (Memory 15, the only build is the safetensors set, 38.14 GB with its MTP head, since the Hub counts 9.41B of its parameters in F32. Runtimes 0, none of the six r…)
- Agent interface, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B +30: Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B 90 (The chat template earns 20, a Jinja file in the repository.); SenseNova-Loop-9B-Preview 60 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (7,756 characters).)
- Documentation and upkeep, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B +26: Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B 70 (The model card earns 20, all seven items with limitations in the linked subcard.); SenseNova-Loop-9B-Preview 44 (Model card 14, Intended use, the architecture, the parameter counts, the training context and the languages (in the metadata) are on the card.)
- Risk, Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B +15: Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B 65 (File safety earns 15, safetensors only but with 10 off because the documented serving commands pass trust-remote-code and the repository ships model and parser…); SenseNova-Loop-9B-Preview 50 (File safety 15, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files (25).)