Model comparison
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.3 to 32.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIASummary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads 25.7 to 21.7.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 39.3 | 32.8 |
| Released | 2026-08-11 | 2025-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 262K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.16 | — |
| Results tracked | 18 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.6 (#143), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 40.2 (#130)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 42.7% |
| LMArena Coding | 1370 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: —, Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.9 (#127)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GDP.pdf | — | 2% |
Reasoning Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 25.7 (#128), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.7 (#189)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1335 | — |
Math Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 34.7 (#156), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1355 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 36.9 (#154), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1354 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#175), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1292 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1356 | — |
| LMArena French | 1369 | — |
| LMArena German | 1280 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1213 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1233 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1257 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1321 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.8 (#166), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1317 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#160), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1312 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#198), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1324 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1254 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1280 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1327 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better than Nova 2.0 Pro Preview?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.3 to 32.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning or Nova 2.0 Pro Preview better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (39.6 vs 40.2); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview has 3.