Model comparison
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Qwen1.5-14B
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIA
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5-14B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads 48.5 to 33.6.
Side by side
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen1.5-14B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 40.0 | 32.7 |
| Released | 2026-08-11 | 2024-02-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 262K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.05 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.20 | — |
| Results tracked | 18 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 40.4 (#141), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.1 (#263)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1375 | 1138 |
Reasoning Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 26.8 (#127), Qwen1.5-14B: 21.4 (#223)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1337 | 1113 |
Math Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#155), Qwen1.5-14B: 32.4 (#215)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1359 | 1125 |
Knowledge Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#154), Qwen1.5-14B: 29.8 (#232)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1356 | 1094 |
| MMLU | — | 68.6% |
Multilingual Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#180), Qwen1.5-14B: 30.7 (#262)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1295 | 1095 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1359 | 1147 |
| LMArena French | 1366 | 1116 |
| LMArena German | 1282 | 1043 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1206 | 1019 |
| LMArena Russian | 1253 | 1046 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1345 | 1085 |
| LMArena Korean | 1238 | — |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.6 (#170), Qwen1.5-14B: 56.8 (#271)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1318 | 1102 |
Long Context Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#165), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#257)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1314 | 1113 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#201), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.6 (#276)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1327 | 1128 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1254 | 1091 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1328 | 1110 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1280 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better than Qwen1.5-14B?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning or Qwen1.5-14B better for coding?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 33.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and Qwen1.5-14B share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-14B has 17.