Model comparison
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Phi-4 Mini
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index.
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NVIDIA
MicrosoftSummary
- The widest gap is in coding, where Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads 40.4 to 28.1.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.075 / $0.30 for Phi-4 Mini.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Phi-4 Mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 40.0 | 30.9 |
| Released | 2026-08-11 | 2024-12-11 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 128K |
| Max output | 262K | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.05 | $0.075 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.20 | $0.30 |
| Results tracked | 18 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 40.4 (#141), Phi-4 Mini: 28.1 (#317)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 10.8% |
| LMArena Coding | 1375 | — |
Reasoning Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 26.8 (#127), Phi-4 Mini: 22.4 (#195)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1337 | — |
Math Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#155), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1359 | — |
Knowledge Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#154), Phi-4 Mini: 25.3 (#262)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 23.5% |
| LMArena Expert | 1356 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#180), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1295 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1359 | — |
| LMArena French | 1366 | — |
| LMArena German | 1282 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1206 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1238 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1253 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1345 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.6 (#170), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1318 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#165), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1314 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#201), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1327 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1254 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1280 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1328 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better than Phi-4 Mini?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning or Phi-4 Mini?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; Phi-4 Mini lists at $0.075 and $0.30.
Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning or Phi-4 Mini better for coding?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 28.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning does, with 262K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and Phi-4 Mini share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18 scored results on Noometry and Phi-4 Mini has 3.