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Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

NVIDIAReleased Aug 11, 2026Current

Score basis

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is behind the leaders in instruction following, long context, and factuality. Too few results yet to rate reasoning, coding, agentic tasks, safety, math, multimodal tasks, or multilingual tasks.

Capability profile

Bars show the model's median result as a share of the leading model's, per capability. Select a row to see its results.

Limited3 capabilities
  1. Instruction Following−27.0%1 of 3
  2. Long Context−31.6%1 of 3
  3. Factuality−34.7%2 of 4
Not rated7 capabilities

Too few results yet to rate Reasoning, Coding, Agentic, Safety, Math, Multimodal or Multilingual.

Price

$0.06input$0.20outputper million tokens

From Artificial Analysis · 3 providers tracked · All prices

Cheaper than 92% of 331 priced models · 3:1 input-to-output blend, log scale

Evidence

47results on39benchmarks

  • 2 independently verified
  • 15 aggregator
  • 30 vendor-reported

From 6 sources · latest Oct 8, 2026 · How verification works

API features

Tool callingReasoning

As listed by OpenRouter

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning benchmark results

47 results on 39 benchmarks, grouped by capability. Each bar is the result as a share of the capability leader's; every result links to its source.

Instruction Following

LimitedFull instruction following ranking

27.0% behind the leader1 of 3 ranked benchmarks measured

Long Context

LimitedFull long context ranking

31.6% behind the leader1 of 3 ranked benchmarks measured

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Factuality

LimitedFull factuality ranking

34.7% behind the leader2 of 4 ranked benchmarks measured

Reasoning

Not enough dataFull reasoning ranking

0 of 6 ranked benchmarks measured

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Coding

Not enough dataFull coding ranking

0 of 10 ranked benchmarks measured

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Agentic

Not enough dataFull agentic ranking

0 of 7 ranked benchmarks measured

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More results

Benchmarks outside the capability baskets. They are not ranked against a leader.

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Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: common questions

Who makes Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is made by NVIDIA.

When was Nemotron 3.5 Lightning released?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning was released on Aug 11, 2026, according to Artificial Analysis.

What is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning good at?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is behind the leaders in instruction following, long context, and factuality. Too few results yet to rate reasoning, coding, agentic tasks, safety, math, multimodal tasks, or multilingual tasks.

How much does Nemotron 3.5 Lightning cost?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning costs $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens, according to Artificial Analysis. We track its price at 3 providers. At a mix of three input tokens to one output token, it is cheaper than 92% of the 331 priced models we track.

How many benchmarks has Nemotron 3.5 Lightning been tested on?

We track 47 results for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning on 39 benchmarks from 6 sources, 2 of them independently verified. The latest was recorded on Oct 8, 2026.

Which API features does Nemotron 3.5 Lightning support?

OpenRouter lists tool calling and reasoning for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning.

About this record

Where Nemotron 3.5 Lightning's numbers come from, and every name it appears under.

Tracked since
Aug 11, 2026
Newest source mention
Sep 26, 2026

Where the results come from

Verification: 47 scores · 2 independently verified · 15 aggregator-attributed · 30 vendor-reported. How these tiers are assigned

From 6 sources on 3 sites. Hugging Face supplies 18 of them; the 2 independently verified results come from 1 site. Bars are coloured by trust tier.

  • huggingface.co18
  • artificialanalysis.ai17
  • api.llm-stats.com12

Also known as

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