NVIDIA Nemotron3-Super

# Install from source
uv pip install 'git+https://github.com/sgl-project/sglang.git#subdirectory=python'

# Or use Docker
docker pull lmsysorg/sglang:latest

python3 -m sglang.launch_server \
  --model-path nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Super-120B-A12B-BF16 \
  --host 0.0.0.0 \
  --port 5000 \
  --trust-remote-code \
  --tp 4 \
  --tool-call-parser qwen3_coder \
  --reasoning-parser nemotron_3

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="http://localhost:5000/v1",
    api_key="EMPTY",
)

resp = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Super-120B-A12B-BF16",
    messages=[
        {"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful AI assistant."},
        {"role": "user", "content": "Give me 3 bullet points about SGLang."},
    ],
    temperature=0.6,
    max_tokens=1024,
)
print("Reasoning:", resp.choices[0].message.reasoning_content, "\nContent:", resp.choices[0].message.content)
print("\n")

Reasoning: Okay, the user is asking for 3 bullet points about SGLang. Let me recall what I know about SGLang. It's a framework for serving large language models, right? Developed by the team at UC Berkeley and others.

First, I should verify the key features. SGLang is known for its high-performance serving capabilities, especially with features like Radix Attention and chunked prefill. Those are important points to mention...(more tokens)

Content: - SGLang introduces **Radix Attention**, an innovative attention mechanism that significantly reduces KV cache memory usage and improves computational efficiency during LLM serving by reusing intermediate states across tokens.
- It features **chunked prefill** for handling long prompts efficiently, breaking input sequences into manageable chunks to minimize latency and memory pressure while maintaining high throughput.
- Designed for **high-performance LLM serving**, SGLang achieves superior throughput and lower latency compared to traditional systems (like vLLM or TensorRT-LLM) through optimized kernel fusion, dynamic batching, and seamless integration with Hugging Face Transformers.

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="http://localhost:5000/v1",
    api_key="EMPTY",
)

stream = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Super-120B-A12B-BF16",
    messages=[
        {"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful AI assistant."},
        {"role": "user", "content": "What are the first 5 prime numbers?"}
    ],
    temperature=0.7,
    max_tokens=1024,
    stream=True,
)
for chunk in stream:
    delta = chunk.choices[0].delta
    if delta and delta.content:
        print(delta.content, end="", flush=True)

The first 5 prime numbers are:
**2, 3, 5, 7, 11**.

### Explanation:
- A **prime number** is a natural number greater than 1 that has no positive divisors other than 1 and itself.
- **2** is the smallest and only even prime number.
- **3** is prime (divisible only by 1 and 3).
- **4** is not prime (divisible by 2).
- **5** is prime.
- **6** is not prime (divisible by 2 and 3).
- **7** is prime.
- **8, 9, 10** are not prime.
- **11** is prime (the fifth in the sequence).

Note: **1 is not considered a prime number** by definition, as it has only one positive divisor.
This list is universally accepted in mathematics. Let me know if you'd like to explore more primes or related concepts! 😊

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="http://localhost:5000/v1",
    api_key="EMPTY",
)

# Reasoning on (default)
print("Reasoning on")
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Super-120B-A12B-BF16",
    messages=[
        {"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful assistant."},
        {"role": "user", "content": "Write a haiku about GPUs. Please make thinking process short."}
    ],
    temperature=1,
    max_tokens=1024,
)
print(f"Reasoning: \n{resp.choices[0].message.reasoning_content[:200]}... \nContent: \n{resp.choices[0].message.content[:200]}...")
print("\n")
# Reasoning off
print("Reasoning off")
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Super-120B-A12B-BF16",
    messages=[
        {"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful assistant."},
        {"role": "user", "content": "Give me 3 facts about SGLang."}
    ],
    temperature=0,
    max_tokens=256,
    extra_body={"chat_template_kwargs": {"enable_thinking": False}}
)
print(f"Content: \n{resp.choices[0].message.reasoning_content[:200]}...")

Reasoning on
Reasoning:
We need to output a haiku about GPUs, with short thinking process. Probably we just need to produce the haiku. No extra commentary needed. Provide a haiku: 5-7-5 syllable lines about GPUs.

Let's deci...
Content:
Silicon hearts beat
Paint vivid worlds with bright light
GPU dreams rise...

Reasoning off
Content:
Certainly! Here are three accurate and informative facts about **SGLang**:

1. **SGLang is a high-performance serving system for large language models (LLMs)**
   Developed by researchers at UC Berk...

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="http://localhost:5000/v1",
    api_key="EMPTY",
)

# Tool calling via OpenAI tools schema
TOOLS = [
    {
        "type": "function",
        "function": {
            "name": "calculate_tip",
            "parameters": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "bill_total": {
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "The total amount of the bill"
                    },
                    "tip_percentage": {
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "The percentage of tip to be applied"
                    }
                },
                "required": ["bill_total", "tip_percentage"]
            }
        }
    }
]

completion = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="nemotron",
    messages=[
        {"role": "system", "content": ""},
        {"role": "user", "content": "My bill is $50. What will be the amount for 15% tip?"}
    ],
    tools=TOOLS,
    temperature=0.6,
    top_p=0.95,
    max_tokens=512,
    stream=False
)

print(completion.choices[0].message.reasoning_content)
print(completion.choices[0].message.tool_calls)

The user wants to calculate a 15% tip on a $50 bill. I have a function called calculate_tip that takes bill_total and tip_percentage as parameters. The bill_total is $50, and tip_percentage is 15. I need to call the function with these values. Let me do that.

[ChatCompletionMessageFunctionToolCall(id='call_ced9a83a3baa448e9d587aaf', function=Function(arguments='{"bill_total": 50, "tip_percentage": 15}', name='calculate_tip'), type='function', index=0)]

from typing import Any, Dict, List
import openai
from transformers import AutoTokenizer

class ThinkingBudgetClient:
    def __init__(self, base_url: str, api_key: str, tokenizer_name_or_path: str):
        self.base_url = base_url
        self.api_key = api_key
        self.tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(tokenizer_name_or_path)
        self.client = openai.OpenAI(base_url=self.base_url, api_key=self.api_key)

    def chat_completion(
        self,
        model: str,
        messages: List[Dict[str, Any]],
        reasoning_budget: int = 512,
        max_tokens: int = 1024,
        **kwargs,
    ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
        assert (
            max_tokens > reasoning_budget
        ), f"reasoning_budget must be smaller than max_tokens. Given {max_tokens=} and {reasoning_budget=}"

        # 1. first call chat completion to get reasoning content
        response = self.client.chat.completions.create(
            model=model,
            messages=messages,
            max_tokens=reasoning_budget,
            **kwargs
        )

        reasoning_content = response.choices[0].message.reasoning_content or ""

        if "</think>" not in reasoning_content:
            # reasoning content is too long, closed with a period (.)
            reasoning_content = f"{reasoning_content}.\n</think>\n\n"

        reasoning_tokens_used = len(
            self.tokenizer.encode(reasoning_content, add_special_tokens=False)
        )
        remaining_tokens = max_tokens - reasoning_tokens_used

        assert (
            remaining_tokens > 0
        ), f"remaining tokens must be positive. Given {remaining_tokens=}. Increase max_tokens or lower reasoning_budget."

        # 2. append reasoning content to messages and call completion
        messages.append({"role": "assistant", "content": reasoning_content})
        prompt = self.tokenizer.apply_chat_template(
            messages,
            tokenize=False,
            continue_final_message=True,
        )

        response = self.client.completions.create(
            model=model,
            prompt=prompt,
            max_tokens=remaining_tokens,
            **kwargs
        )

        response_data = {
            "reasoning_content": reasoning_content.strip().strip("</think>").strip(),
            "content": response.choices[0].text,
            "finish_reason": response.choices[0].finish_reason,
        }
        return response_data

SERVED_MODEL_NAME = "nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Super-120B-A12B-BF16"

# Client
client = ThinkingBudgetClient(
    base_url="http://127.0.0.1:5000/v1",
    api_key="null",
    tokenizer_name_or_path=SERVED_MODEL_NAME
)

resp = client.chat_completion(
    model=SERVED_MODEL_NAME,
    messages=[
        {"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful assistant."},
        {"role": "user", "content": "Write a haiku about GPUs."}
    ],
    temperature=1,
    max_tokens=512,
    reasoning_budget=128
)
print("Reasoning:", resp["reasoning_content"], "\nContent:", resp["content"])

Reasoning: Okay, the user wants a haiku about GPUs. Let me recall what a haiku is: a traditional Japanese poem with three lines, 5-7-5 syllable structure. So I need to make sure the syllable count is exact.

First, I should think about what makes GPUs interesting. They're used for graphics rendering, parallel processing, AI, gaming, etc. Maybe focus on their speed, power, or how they handle many tasks at once.

Let me brainstorm some words and phrases related to GPUs: silicon, cores, transistors, parallel, rendering, pixels, frames per second, CUDA, tensor.
Content:

Silicon minds awaken,
Thousands of cores hum in unison—
Lightning paints the void.

python3 -m sglang.launch_server \
  --model-path nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Super-120B-A12B-BF16 \
  --trust-remote-code \
  --tp 4 \
  --max-running-requests 1024 \
  --host 0.0.0.0 \
  --port 5000

python3 -m sglang.bench_serving \
  --backend sglang \
  --host 127.0.0.1 \
  --port 5000 \
  --model nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Super-120B-A12B-BF16 \
  --dataset-name random \
  --random-input-len 1024 \
  --random-output-len 1024 \
  --num-prompts 4096 \
  --max-concurrency 256

============ Serving Benchmark Result ============
Backend:                                 sglang
Traffic request rate:                    inf
Max request concurrency:                 256
Successful requests:                     4096
Benchmark duration (s):                  623.49
Total input tokens:                      2081726
Total input text tokens:                 2081726
Total generated tokens:                  2087288
Total generated tokens (retokenized):    2044666
Request throughput (req/s):              6.57
Input token throughput (tok/s):          3338.85
Output token throughput (tok/s):         3347.77
Peak output token throughput (tok/s):    6349.00
Peak concurrent requests:                270
Total token throughput (tok/s):          6686.62
Concurrency:                             250.35
----------------End-to-End Latency----------------
Mean E2E Latency (ms):                   38108.46
Median E2E Latency (ms):                 37186.80
P90 E2E Latency (ms):                    69325.24
P99 E2E Latency (ms):                    77776.90
---------------Time to First Token----------------
Mean TTFT (ms):                          436.49
Median TTFT (ms):                        114.90
P99 TTFT (ms):                           6938.11
-----Time per Output Token (excl. 1st token)------
Mean TPOT (ms):                          75.02
Median TPOT (ms):                        76.02
P99 TPOT (ms):                           92.27
---------------Inter-Token Latency----------------
Mean ITL (ms):                           74.07
Median ITL (ms):                         38.45
P95 ITL (ms):                            230.42
P99 ITL (ms):                            242.70
Max ITL (ms):                            7181.72
==================================================

python3 -m sglang.launch_server \
  --model-path nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Super-120B-A12B-BF16 \
  --trust-remote-code \
  --tp 4 \
  --reasoning-parser nemotron_3

python3 benchmark/gsm8k/bench_sglang.py --port 5000

Accuracy: 0.950
Invalid: 0.000
Latency: 21.442 s
Output throughput: 996.815 token/s

python3 benchmark/mmlu/bench_sglang.py --port 5000

subject: abstract_algebra, #q:100, acc: 0.730
subject: anatomy, #q:135, acc: 0.830
subject: astronomy, #q:152, acc: 0.934
subject: business_ethics, #q:100, acc: 0.830
subject: clinical_knowledge, #q:265, acc: 0.879
subject: college_biology, #q:144, acc: 0.931
subject: college_chemistry, #q:100, acc: 0.620
subject: college_computer_science, #q:100, acc: 0.840
subject: college_mathematics, #q:100, acc: 0.820
subject: college_medicine, #q:173, acc: 0.821
subject: college_physics, #q:102, acc: 0.794
subject: computer_security, #q:100, acc: 0.880
subject: conceptual_physics, #q:235, acc: 0.919
subject: econometrics, #q:114, acc: 0.746
subject: electrical_engineering, #q:145, acc: 0.828
subject: elementary_mathematics, #q:378, acc: 0.926
subject: formal_logic, #q:126, acc: 0.857
subject: global_facts, #q:100, acc: 0.570
subject: high_school_biology, #q:310, acc: 0.952
subject: high_school_chemistry, #q:203, acc: 0.828
subject: high_school_computer_science, #q:100, acc: 0.940
subject: high_school_european_history, #q:165, acc: 0.861
subject: high_school_geography, #q:198, acc: 0.939
subject: high_school_government_and_politics, #q:193, acc: 0.990
subject: high_school_macroeconomics, #q:390, acc: 0.928
subject: high_school_mathematics, #q:270, acc: 0.700
subject: high_school_microeconomics, #q:238, acc: 0.966
subject: high_school_physics, #q:151, acc: 0.834
subject: high_school_psychology, #q:545, acc: 0.960
subject: high_school_statistics, #q:216, acc: 0.852
subject: high_school_us_history, #q:204, acc: 0.926
subject: high_school_world_history, #q:237, acc: 0.937
subject: human_aging, #q:223, acc: 0.879
subject: human_sexuality, #q:131, acc: 0.939
subject: international_law, #q:121, acc: 0.934
subject: jurisprudence, #q:108, acc: 0.898
subject: logical_fallacies, #q:163, acc: 0.914
subject: machine_learning, #q:112, acc: 0.821
subject: management, #q:103, acc: 0.903
subject: marketing, #q:234, acc: 0.944
subject: medical_genetics, #q:100, acc: 0.980
subject: miscellaneous, #q:783, acc: 0.945
subject: moral_disputes, #q:346, acc: 0.861
subject: moral_scenarios, #q:895, acc: 0.542
subject: nutrition, #q:306, acc: 0.902
subject: philosophy, #q:311, acc: 0.884
subject: prehistory, #q:324, acc: 0.920
subject: professional_accounting, #q:282, acc: 0.805
subject: professional_law, #q:1534, acc: 0.681
subject: professional_medicine, #q:272, acc: 0.923
subject: professional_psychology, #q:612, acc: 0.889
subject: public_relations, #q:110, acc: 0.800
subject: security_studies, #q:245, acc: 0.837
subject: sociology, #q:201, acc: 0.960
subject: us_foreign_policy, #q:100, acc: 0.920
subject: virology, #q:166, acc: 0.590
subject: world_religions, #q:171, acc: 0.906
Total latency: 150.267
Average accuracy: 0.841