Model comparison
Gemma 2B vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2B scores higher in 0 categories and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads 48.5 to 24.0.
Side by side
| Gemma 2B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | |
| Noometry Index | 29.6 | 40.0 |
| Released | 2024-02-21 | 2026-08-11 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.20 |
| Results tracked | 23 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 40.4 (#141)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1010 | 1375 |
| HumanEval+ | 20.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 34.1% | — |
Reasoning Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Gemma 2B: 18.8 (#275), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 26.8 (#127)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 989 | 1337 |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 35.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 94.2 | — |
| HellaSwag | 71.4% | — |
| PIQA | 77.3% | — |
| WinoGrande | 65.4% | — |
Math Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Gemma 2B: 30.0 (#239), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#155)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1009 | 1359 |
| GSM8K | 17.7% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 2B: —, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#154)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1356 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 42.1% | — |
| BoolQ | 69.4% | — |
| MMLU | 42.3% | — |
| TriviaQA | 53.2% | — |
Multilingual Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Gemma 2B: 23.0 (#294), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#180)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 958 | 1295 |
| LMArena Chinese | 986 | 1359 |
| LMArena Russian | 937 | 1253 |
| LMArena French | — | 1366 |
| LMArena German | — | 1282 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1206 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1238 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1345 |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.6 (#170)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 970 | 1318 |
Long Context Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#165)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 981 | 1314 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#201)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1002 | 1327 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 987 | 1254 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 945 | 1328 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1280 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2B better than Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2B or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better for coding?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2B and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2B has 23 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18.