Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.3 to 32.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher in 1 category and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning in 7 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads 34.7 to 20.8.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | |
| Noometry Index | 32.9 | 39.3 |
| Released | 2024-05-14 | 2026-08-11 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.06 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.16 |
| Results tracked | 42 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 33.9 (#233), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.6 (#143)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1262 | 1370 |
| WeirdML | 24.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 55.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 75.6% | — |
| MBPP+ | 67.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.3 (#97), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 14.6% | — |
Reasoning Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 20.8 (#212), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 25.7 (#128)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1257 | 1335 |
| DTBench | 53.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 129.37 | — |
| ForecastBench | 53.9 | — |
| PIQA | 87.5% | — |
Math Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 20.8 (#274), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 34.7 (#156)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1269 | 1355 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.3% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 30.4% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 61.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0% | — |
| GSM8K | 82.4% | — |
Knowledge Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#253), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 36.9 (#154)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1233 | 1354 |
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 67.8% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 43.7% | — |
| BoolQ | 85.8% | — |
| MMLU | 77.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 35.3 (#76), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1141 | — |
| Video-MME | 70.3% | — |
| GeoBench | 76% | — |
Multilingual Too close to call
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 43.1 (#184), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#175)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1278 | 1292 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1295 | 1356 |
| LMArena French | 1257 | 1369 |
| LMArena German | 1262 | 1280 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1252 | 1213 |
| LMArena Korean | 1220 | 1233 |
| LMArena Russian | 1288 | 1257 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1242 | 1321 |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 67.0 (#199), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.8 (#166)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1258 | 1317 |
| IFEval | 83.1% | — |
Long Context Too close to call
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#182), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#160)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1284 | 1312 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.9 (#190), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#198)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1287 | 1324 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | 1254 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1253 | 1327 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1280 |
| WildBench | 79.2% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better than Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.3 to 32.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better for coding?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.6 versus 33.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18.