Model comparison
Claude 3 Sonnet vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.3 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIASummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3 Sonnet 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 10.0.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 3 Sonnet | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 28.8 | 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 | 30 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 29.2 (#296), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.6 (#143)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1223 | 1370 |
| WeirdML | 10.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.7% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 53.8% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 64% | — |
| MBPP+ | 69.3% | — |
Reasoning Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 19.7 (#232), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 25.7 (#128)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1197 | 1335 |
| DTBench | 53.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.69 | — |
| WinoGrande | 75.1% | — |
Math Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 10.0 (#305), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 34.7 (#156)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1213 | 1355 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 18.2% | — |
Knowledge Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 21.1 (#271), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 36.9 (#154)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1173 | 1354 |
| GPQA Diamond | 40.6% | — |
| MMLU | 75.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 3 Sonnet: 24.7 (#120), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 984 | — |
Multilingual Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 38.0 (#229), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#175)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1205 | 1292 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1188 | 1356 |
| LMArena French | 1228 | 1369 |
| LMArena German | 1204 | 1280 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1131 | 1213 |
| LMArena Korean | 1128 | 1233 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1257 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1204 | 1321 |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 63.1 (#230), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.8 (#166)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1200 | 1317 |
Long Context Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 36.7 (#223), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#160)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1211 | 1312 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 42.3 (#233), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#198)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1218 | 1324 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1186 | 1254 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1227 | 1327 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1280 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 3 Sonnet better than Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.3 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 3 Sonnet or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better for coding?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.6 versus 29.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 3 Sonnet and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3 Sonnet has 30 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18.