Model comparison
Dolly 2.0-12b vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.
Databricks
NVIDIASummary
- They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 0 categories and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads 48.5 to 15.2.
Side by side
| Dolly 2.0-12b | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 25.5 | 40.0 |
| Released | 2023-04-11 | 2026-08-11 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.20 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.4 (#332), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 40.4 (#141)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 776 | 1375 |
Reasoning Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#316), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 26.8 (#127)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | 1337 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 89.67 | — |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | — |
| PIQA | 75.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | — |
Math Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 27.3 (#251), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#155)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 871 | 1359 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#154)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1356 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | — |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | — |
| MMLU | 26.2% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | — |
Multilingual Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#296), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#180)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | 1295 |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | 1359 |
| LMArena French | — | 1366 |
| LMArena German | — | 1282 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1206 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1238 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1253 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1345 |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.7 (#304), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.6 (#170)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | 1318 |
Long Context Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#165)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1314 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.2 (#311), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#201)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | 1327 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | 1254 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | 1328 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1280 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Dolly 2.0-12b or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better for coding?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 23.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning share?
9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18.