Model comparison
Llama 3.3 Nemotron 49b Super v1 vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Llama 3.3 Nemotron 49b Super v1 and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning score almost the same on the Noometry Index (40.1 vs 40.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIASummary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.3 Nemotron 49b Super v1 scores higher in 1 category and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning in 5 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
Side by side
| Llama 3.3 Nemotron 49b Super v1 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 40.1 | 40.0 |
| Released | — | 2026-08-11 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.20 |
| Results tracked | 10 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Llama 3.3 Nemotron 49b Super v1: 37.9 (#186), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 40.4 (#141)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.3 Nemotron 49b Super v1 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1296 | 1375 |
Reasoning Too close to call
Llama 3.3 Nemotron 49b Super v1: 26.2 (#135), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 26.8 (#127)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.3 Nemotron 49b Super v1 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1311 | 1337 |
Math Not comparable
Llama 3.3 Nemotron 49b Super v1: —, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#155)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.3 Nemotron 49b Super v1 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1359 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Llama 3.3 Nemotron 49b Super v1: —, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#154)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.3 Nemotron 49b Super v1 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1356 |
Multilingual Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Llama 3.3 Nemotron 49b Super v1: 41.1 (#211), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#180)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.3 Nemotron 49b Super v1 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1253 | 1295 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1277 | 1359 |
| LMArena Russian | 1269 | 1253 |
| LMArena French | — | 1366 |
| LMArena German | — | 1282 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1206 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1238 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1345 |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Llama 3.3 Nemotron 49b Super v1: 68.3 (#189), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.6 (#170)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.3 Nemotron 49b Super v1 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1293 | 1318 |
Long Context Too close to call
Llama 3.3 Nemotron 49b Super v1: 39.5 (#176), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#165)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.3 Nemotron 49b Super v1 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1299 | 1314 |
Writing & Preference Llama 3.3 Nemotron 49b Super v1 leads
Llama 3.3 Nemotron 49b Super v1: 50.8 (#179), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#201)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.3 Nemotron 49b Super v1 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1308 | 1327 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1288 | 1254 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1315 | 1328 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1280 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3.3 Nemotron 49b Super v1 better than Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?
Llama 3.3 Nemotron 49b Super v1 and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning score almost the same on the Noometry Index (40.1 vs 40.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Llama 3.3 Nemotron 49b Super v1 or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better for coding?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 37.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3.3 Nemotron 49b Super v1 and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.3 Nemotron 49b Super v1 has 10 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18.