Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger all-rounder.
Scores updated · 11 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the three areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
Agents and reasoning rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Nemotron 3.5 Lightning pulls ahead
- Fixes real GitHub issues in many programming languagesSWE-bench Multilingual+25.2points ahead
- Finds hard-to-locate facts by browsing the webBrowseComp+23.3points ahead
- Fixes real GitHub issues in Python projectsSWE-bench Verified+17.5points ahead
Where Nemotron 3 Nano pulls ahead
No clear win on a test scored out of 100.
Every test, side by side
All 11 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingNemotron 3.5 Lightning
- SWE-bench MultilingualNemotron 3.5 Lightning by 25.239.314.1+25.2
- SWE-bench VerifiedNemotron 3.5 Lightning by 17.551.634.1+17.5
- Terminal-Bench 2.1Nemotron 3.5 Lightning by 1624.38.3+16
- SciCodeNemotron 3.5 Lightning by 232.130.1+2
Other results5 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- GDPval-AA v2Nemotron 3.5 Lightning by 359 rating points832473+359 rating
- PinchBenchNemotron 3.5 Lightning by 19.385.466.1+19.3
- MMLU-ProNemotron 3.5 Lightning by 3.481.978.5+3.4
- τ³-Bench BankingNemotron 3.5 Lightning by 2.39.37+2.3
- HLE (text-only, no tools)tie11.710.9tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning or Nemotron 3 Nano?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning wins two of the three areas where both have results: coding and agents. Nemotron 3 Nano wins none. They are level on reasoning.
Which is better for coding?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning. It wins 4 of the 4 coding tests both models report; Nemotron 3 Nano wins none.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 11 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 6 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 5 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.