NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16 vs GLM 4.5 Air
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16 and GLM 4.5 Air match in llmrun Score, with values of 95.8 versus 96.3; neither fits 24 GB.
Model A · NVIDIA
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16123.6B · 13B active · 256K context · Other · Mar 2026
Model B · Z.ai
GLM 4.5 Air110.5B · 15B active · 128K context · MIT · Jul 2025
Choose NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16 if you want…
Longer context window
256K vs 128K tokens
Newer release
Mar 2026 vs Jul 2025
Choose GLM 4.5 Air if you want…
Fits a 48 GB GPU
IQ3_XS · 46.9 GB; NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16 needs 34.5 GB at its smallest quant
More permissive license
MIT vs Other
On your hardware
Each model at its default quant (Q4_K_M), a smaller one when it must. Estimates, ±20%.
8 GB
RTX 4060 · 8 GB tier
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 34.5 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 31.7 GB
12 GB
RTX 3060 12GB · 12 GB tier
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 34.5 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 31.7 GB
16 GB
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB · 16 GB tier
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 34.5 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 31.7 GB
24 GBreference
RTX 4090 · 24 GB tier
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 34.5 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 31.7 GB
32 GB
RTX 5090 · 32 GB tier
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 34.5 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
IQ2_XXS · ~164 tok/s
31.7 GB · up to 16Kfits
48 GB
RTX A6000 · 48 GB tier
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
IQ2_M · ~73 tok/s
42.2 GB · up to 256K
GLM 4.5 Air
IQ3_XS · ~67 tok/s
46.9 GB · up to 32Kbetter quant
Mac 32 GB
Mac Mini M4 · Macs
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 34.5 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 31.7 GB
Mac 64 GB
Mac Studio M4 Max · Macs
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
IQ3_M · ~30 tok/s
56.1 GB · up to 256K
GLM 4.5 Air
Q3_K_L · ~34 tok/s
57.9 GB · up to 32K
Mac 128 GB
Mac Studio M4 Max · Macs
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
Q4_K_M · ~26 tok/s
74.7 GB · up to 256K
GLM 4.5 Air
Q4_K_M · ~30 tok/s
67.6 GB · up to 128Kfaster
Reference GPU: RTX 4090. Tinted cell = the better pick on that machine (fits, more headroom, or at least 10% faster).
Overall
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
GLM 4.5 Air
Coding
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
GLM 4.5 Air
no data
Science
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
GLM 4.5 Air
no data
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16 · #60 of 92 open models · #29 of 54 that fit ≤96 GB
GLM 4.5 Air · #57 of 92 open models · #26 of 54 that fit ≤96 GB
Benchmarks
1 shared board: NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16 leads 0, GLM 4.5 Air leads 1 · Benchmarks imported Oct 2026
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
1360.3#68/186 open
ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026
GLM 4.5 Air
1373.1#62/186 open
ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026
8 more boards (other shared and single-model boards)
Only GLM 4.5 Air (4)
- Humanity's Last Exam8.1%
- MMLU-Pro81.4%
- ForecastBench59.2
- GSO-Bench2.9%
VRAM by quantization
Memory to load the model and 2K context; below it, the total at 32K and 128K context. Lighter side in bold.
Q2_K
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
53.0 GB54.8 GB file
32K 53.2 GB · 128K 54.3 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
47.4 GB45.3 GB file
32K 49.3 GB · 128K 55.5 GB
Q3_K_S
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
54.6 GB61.7 GB file
32K 54.7 GB · 128K 55.9 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
48.8 GB52.7 GB file
32K 50.7 GB · 128K 56.9 GB
Q3_K_M
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
60.7 GB61.7 GB file
32K 60.9 GB · 128K 62.0 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
54.3 GB57.2 GB file
32K 56.2 GB · 128K 62.4 GB
Q4_0
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
62.3 GB71.0 GB file
32K 62.5 GB · 128K 63.6 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
55.7 GB62.8 GB file
32K 57.6 GB · 128K 63.8 GB
Q4_K_M
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
74.7 GB82.5 GB file
32K 74.8 GB · 128K 75.9 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
66.7 GB73.0 GB file
32K 68.6 GB · 128K 74.8 GB
Q5_K_M
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
88.6 GB107.3 GB file
32K 88.7 GB · 128K 89.9 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
79.1 GB83.5 GB file
32K 81.1 GB · 128K 87.2 GB
Q6_K
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
102 GB114.8 GB file
32K 103 GB · 128K 104 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
91.6 GB99.0 GB file
32K 93.5 GB · 128K 99.7 GB
Q8_0
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
124 GB128.5 GB file
32K 124 GB · 128K 125 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
111 GB117.5 GB file
32K 113 GB · 128K 119 GB
17 more quants
IQ2_XXS
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
34.5 GB~34.0 GB file
32K 34.7 GB · 128K 35.8 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
30.8 GB42.7 GB file
32K 32.7 GB · 128K 38.9 GB
IQ2_XS
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
37.6 GB52.0 GB file
32K 37.8 GB · 128K 38.9 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
33.6 GB42.2 GB file
32K 35.5 GB · 128K 41.7 GB
IQ2_S
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
39.1 GB52.1 GB file
32K 39.3 GB · 128K 40.4 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
35.0 GB42.5 GB file
32K 36.9 GB · 128K 43.1 GB
IQ2_M
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
42.2 GB52.7 GB file
32K 42.4 GB · 128K 43.5 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
37.7 GB44.4 GB file
32K 39.6 GB · 128K 45.8 GB
IQ3_XXS
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
48.4 GB56.6 GB file
32K 48.6 GB · 128K 49.7 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
43.2 GB51.4 GB file
32K 45.2 GB · 128K 51.3 GB
IQ3_XS
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
51.5 GB64.5 GB file
32K 51.7 GB · 128K 52.8 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
46.0 GB50.8 GB file
32K 47.9 GB · 128K 54.1 GB
IQ3_S
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
53.0 GB56.6 GB file
32K 53.2 GB · 128K 54.3 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
not listed
IQ3_M
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
56.1 GB66.3 GB file
32K 56.3 GB · 128K 57.4 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
50.1 GB55.5 GB file
32K 52.1 GB · 128K 58.2 GB
Q3_K_L
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
63.8 GB66.4 GB file
32K 64.0 GB · 128K 65.1 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
57.0 GB55.9 GB file
32K 59.0 GB · 128K 65.1 GB
IQ4_XS
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
66.9 GB64.5 GB file
32K 67.1 GB · 128K 68.2 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
59.8 GB60.5 GB file
32K 61.7 GB · 128K 67.9 GB
IQ4_NL
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
70.0 GB64.5 GB file
32K 70.2 GB · 128K 71.3 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
62.6 GB62.7 GB file
32K 64.5 GB · 128K 70.7 GB
Q4_1
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
70.0 GB76.6 GB file
32K 70.2 GB · 128K 71.3 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
62.6 GB69.4 GB file
32K 64.5 GB · 128K 70.7 GB
Q4_K_S
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
70.0 GB79.0 GB file
32K 70.2 GB · 128K 71.3 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
62.6 GB67.0 GB file
32K 64.5 GB · 128K 70.7 GB
Q4_K_L
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
76.2 GB87.4 GB file
32K 76.4 GB · 128K 77.5 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
not listed
Q5_K_S
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
85.5 GB89.7 GB file
32K 85.7 GB · 128K 86.8 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
76.4 GB78.4 GB file
32K 78.3 GB · 128K 84.5 GB
Q5_K_L
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
90.1 GB96.9 GB file
32K 90.3 GB · 128K 91.4 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
not listed
BF16
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
248 GB241.5 GB file
32K 248 GB · 128K 249 GB
GLM 4.5 Air
221 GB221.0 GB file
32K 223 GB · 128K 229 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16
Ollama · Q4_K_M
ollama run hf.co/unsloth/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Super-120B-A12B-GGUF:Q4_K_MGLM 4.5 Air
Ollama · Q4_K_M
ollama run hf.co/unsloth/GLM-4.5-Air-GGUF:Q4_K_M| Spec | NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16 | GLM 4.5 Air |
|---|---|---|
| Publisher | NVIDIA | Z.ai |
| Parameters | 123.6B | 110.5B |
| Active parameters | 13B per token | 15B per token |
| Architecture | NemotronHForCausalLM | Glm4MoeForCausalLM |
| Context | 256K tokens | 128K tokens |
| Modalities | Chat, Function-calling | Chat, Function-calling |
| License | Other | MIT |
| Released | Mar 2026 | Jul 2025 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Which is better, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16 or GLM 4.5 Air?
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16 and GLM 4.5 Air match in llmrun Score, with values of 95.8 versus 96.3; neither fits 24 GB. Choose NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16 for longer context window and newer release; choose GLM 4.5 Air for fits a 48 GB GPU and more permissive license.
Which needs less VRAM, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16 or GLM 4.5 Air?
At Q4_K_M, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16 requires 74.7 GB while GLM 4.5 Air needs 66.7 GB, making GLM 4.5 Air the easier model to run on your local setup.
Can I run NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16 or GLM 4.5 Air on a 16 GB GPU?
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16 does not fit (smallest quant needs 34.5 GB); GLM 4.5 Air does not fit (smallest quant needs 31.7 GB).
Which has a longer context window, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16 or GLM 4.5 Air?
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16 supports 262,144 tokens and GLM 4.5 Air supports 131,072 tokens.