Model comparison
Claude 2 vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIASummary
- The widest gap is in math, where Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads 37.5 to 9.3.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 2 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 25.0 | 40.0 |
| Released | 2023-07-11 | 2026-08-11 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.20 |
| Results tracked | 8 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 40.4 (#141)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1375 |
| HumanEval+ | 61.6% | — |
Reasoning Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Claude 2: 21.7 (#216), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 26.8 (#127)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1337 |
| DTBench | 51.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.13 | — |
Math Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Claude 2: 9.3 (#320), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#155)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1359 |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |
Knowledge Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Claude 2: 16.9 (#287), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#154)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1356 |
| MMLU | 78.5% | — |
| TriviaQA | 87.5% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#180)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1295 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1359 |
| LMArena French | — | 1366 |
| LMArena German | — | 1282 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1206 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1238 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1253 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1345 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.6 (#170)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1318 |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#165)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1314 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#201)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1327 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1254 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1280 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1328 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2 better than Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2 and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2 has 8 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18.