Model comparison
Gemma 7B vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 7B 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 writing & preference, where Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads 48.5 to 27.1.
Side by side
| Gemma 7B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | |
| Noometry Index | 30.0 | 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 | 27 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Gemma 7B: 30.5 (#294), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 40.4 (#141)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1048 | 1375 |
| HumanEval+ | 28.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 43.4% | — |
Reasoning Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Gemma 7B: 19.9 (#249), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 26.8 (#127)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1042 | 1337 |
| Adversarial NLI | 48.7% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 55.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 111.99 | — |
| HellaSwag | 82.2% | — |
| PIQA | 81.2% | — |
| WinoGrande | 79% | — |
Math Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Gemma 7B: 31.2 (#228), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#155)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1066 | 1359 |
| GSM8K | 46.4% | — |
Knowledge Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Gemma 7B: 27.3 (#252), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#154)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1001 | 1356 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 78.3% | — |
| BoolQ | 83.2% | — |
| MMLU | 66.1% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 78.6% | — |
| TriviaQA | 72.3% | — |
Multilingual Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Gemma 7B: 25.1 (#287), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#180)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 999 | 1295 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1035 | 1359 |
| LMArena French | 1025 | 1366 |
| LMArena Russian | 993 | 1253 |
| LMArena German | — | 1282 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1206 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1238 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1345 |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Gemma 7B: 51.5 (#295), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.6 (#170)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1017 | 1318 |
Long Context Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Gemma 7B: 31.1 (#282), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#165)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1022 | 1314 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Gemma 7B: 27.1 (#302), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#201)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1056 | 1327 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1024 | 1254 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 963 | 1328 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1280 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 7B better than Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 7B or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better for coding?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 30.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 7B and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 7B has 27 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18.