Model comparison
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning score almost the same on the Noometry Index (40.8 vs 40.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
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- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite scores higher in 6 categories and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads 60.9 to 48.5.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.25 / $1.50 for Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite.
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | |
| Noometry Index | 40.8 | 40.0 |
| Released | 2026-03-03 | 2026-08-11 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Max output | 66K | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.25 | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.50 | $0.20 |
| Results tracked | 38 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 37.8 (#188), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 40.4 (#141)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1400 | 1375 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1256 | — |
| SciCode | 41.9% | — |
| WeirdML | 52.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 797.73 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 30.2 (#79), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| DeepResearch Bench | 37.3% | — |
Reasoning Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 22.9 (#186), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 26.8 (#127)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1407 | 1337 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 67.2% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 8.2% | — |
| CritPt | 1.1% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 25% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 3% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 63.3% | — |
| DTBench | 76.8% | — |
| LMCA | 35% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 144.47 | — |
| ForecastBench | 54.4 | — |
Math Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 40.7 (#90), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#155)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1428 | 1359 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 27.7% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 80% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 41.9 (#104), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#154)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1398 | 1356 |
| GPQA Diamond | 81.8% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 8.6% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 8.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 39.4 (#60), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1240 | — |
Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 52.3 (#86), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#180)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1411 | 1295 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1461 | 1359 |
| LMArena French | 1424 | 1366 |
| LMArena German | 1429 | 1282 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1413 | 1206 |
| LMArena Korean | 1392 | 1238 |
| LMArena Russian | 1420 | 1253 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1421 | 1345 |
Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 72.7 (#131), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.6 (#170)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1377 | 1318 |
Long Context Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 42.5 (#122), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#165)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1394 | 1314 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 60.9 (#94), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#201)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1416 | 1327 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1401 | 1254 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1417 | 1328 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1280 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite better than Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning score almost the same on the Noometry Index (40.8 vs 40.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite lists at $0.25 and $1.50.
Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better for coding?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 37.8 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite has 38 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18.