Model comparison
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.3 vs 38.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIA
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher in 7 categories and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct in 1 category; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
Side by side
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 39.3 | 38.8 |
| Released | 2026-08-11 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 262K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.16 | — |
| Results tracked | 18 | 16 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.6 (#143), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 38.9 (#154)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1370 | 1346 |
Reasoning Too close to call
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 25.7 (#128), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 25.4 (#131)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1335 | 1322 |
Math Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 34.7 (#156), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 33.6 (#169)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1355 | 1305 |
Knowledge Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 36.9 (#154), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 35.4 (#175)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1354 | 1307 |
Multilingual Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#175), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.8 (#185)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1292 | 1275 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1356 | 1304 |
| LMArena French | 1369 | 1328 |
| LMArena German | 1280 | 1283 |
| LMArena Korean | 1233 | 1206 |
| LMArena Russian | 1257 | 1268 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1321 | 1337 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1213 | — |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.8 (#166), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.8 (#182)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1317 | 1298 |
Long Context Too close to call
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#160), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#161)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1312 | 1312 |
Writing & Preference Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#198), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.4 (#179)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1324 | 1311 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1254 | 1264 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1327 | 1309 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1280 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better than Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.3 vs 38.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning or Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (39.6 vs 38.9); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16.