Model comparison
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Qwen1.5-72B
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIA
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5-72B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads 37.5 to 11.5.
Side by side
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen1.5-72B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 40.0 | 30.8 |
| 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 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 40.4 (#141), Qwen1.5-72B: 31.9 (#277)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1375 | 1165 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 33.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 40.3% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 59.1% |
| MBPP+ | — | 61.6% |
Reasoning Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 26.8 (#127), Qwen1.5-72B: 22.2 (#203)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1337 | 1148 |
Math Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#155), Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#205)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1359 | 1164 |
Knowledge Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#154), Qwen1.5-72B: 11.5 (#300)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1356 | 1136 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 28.8% |
Multilingual Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#180), Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#253)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1295 | 1135 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1359 | 1186 |
| LMArena French | 1366 | 1159 |
| LMArena German | 1282 | 1084 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1206 | 1061 |
| LMArena Korean | 1238 | 1050 |
| LMArena Russian | 1253 | 1104 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1345 | 1110 |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.6 (#170), Qwen1.5-72B: 59.3 (#256)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1318 | 1141 |
Long Context Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#165), Qwen1.5-72B: 35.1 (#243)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1314 | 1157 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#201), Qwen1.5-72B: 37.3 (#258)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1327 | 1166 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1254 | 1137 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1328 | 1160 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1280 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better than Qwen1.5-72B?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning or Qwen1.5-72B better for coding?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 31.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and Qwen1.5-72B share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-72B has 22.