Model comparison
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Qwen-14B
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.3 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIA
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen-14B in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads 48.5 to 27.8.
Side by side
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen-14B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 39.3 | 30.8 |
| Released | 2026-08-11 | 2023-09-24 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 262K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.16 | — |
| Results tracked | 18 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.6 (#143), Qwen-14B: 30.6 (#283)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1370 | 1072 |
Reasoning Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 25.7 (#128), Qwen-14B: 18.7 (#255)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1335 | 1027 |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 55% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 112.8 |
| LAMBADA | — | 71.1% |
| PIQA | — | 79.9% |
Math Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 34.7 (#156), Qwen-14B: 28.7 (#224)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1355 | 1068 |
| GSM8K | — | 61.3% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 36.9 (#154), Qwen-14B: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1354 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 84.4% |
| BoolQ | — | 86.2% |
| MMLU | — | 66.3% |
Multilingual Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#175), Qwen-14B: 27.7 (#270)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1292 | 1042 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1356 | 1077 |
| LMArena French | 1369 | — |
| LMArena German | 1280 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1213 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1233 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1257 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1321 | — |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.8 (#166), Qwen-14B: 52.6 (#284)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1317 | 1031 |
Long Context Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#160), Qwen-14B: 31.3 (#276)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1312 | 1029 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#198), Qwen-14B: 27.8 (#294)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1324 | 1051 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1254 | 1028 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1327 | 1022 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1280 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better than Qwen-14B?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.3 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning or Qwen-14B better for coding?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.6 versus 30.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and Qwen-14B share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18 scored results on Noometry and Qwen-14B has 18.