Model comparison
Claude 3 Opus vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.3 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIASummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3 Opus scores higher in 0 categories and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads 34.7 to 13.9.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 3 Opus | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 29.3 | 39.3 |
| Released | 2024-02-29 | 2026-08-11 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.06 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.16 |
| Results tracked | 46 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Claude 3 Opus: 32.4 (#261), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.6 (#143)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1264 | 1370 |
| WeirdML | 19.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 45.5% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 38.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 57.4% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 77.4% | — |
| MBPP+ | 73.3% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude 3 Opus: 24.3 (#110), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 10% | — |
| METR Time Horizons | 29.5% | — |
Reasoning Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Claude 3 Opus: 14.2 (#318), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 25.7 (#128)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1246 | 1335 |
| SimpleBench | 23.5% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 5% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 0.8% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 40.6% | — |
| DTBench | 61.6% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 57.9% | — |
| LMCA | 17% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 126.91 | — |
| ForecastBench | 58.4 | — |
| LiveBench | 49.2% | — |
| WinoGrande | 88.5% | — |
Math Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Claude 3 Opus: 13.9 (#293), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 34.7 (#156)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1273 | 1355 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.7% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 43.6% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 37.5% | — |
Knowledge Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Claude 3 Opus: 24.5 (#262), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 36.9 (#154)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1223 | 1354 |
| GPQA Diamond | 47.2% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 12.6% | — |
| Confabulations | 22.7% | — |
| MMLU | 84.6% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 3 Opus: 26.6 (#112), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1023 | — |
Multilingual Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Claude 3 Opus: 41.6 (#202), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#175)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1258 | 1292 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1248 | 1356 |
| LMArena French | 1274 | 1369 |
| LMArena German | 1258 | 1280 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1204 | 1213 |
| LMArena Korean | 1187 | 1233 |
| LMArena Russian | 1280 | 1257 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1246 | 1321 |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Claude 3 Opus: 64.3 (#223), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.8 (#166)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1248 | 1317 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 63.9% | — |
Long Context Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Claude 3 Opus: 38.2 (#197), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#160)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1259 | 1312 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Claude 3 Opus: 47.4 (#208), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#198)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1262 | 1324 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | 1254 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1275 | 1327 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1280 |
| LiveBench Language | 50.4% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 3 Opus better than Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.3 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 3 Opus or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better for coding?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.6 versus 32.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 3 Opus and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3 Opus has 46 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18.