Model comparison
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Qwen2.5 Plus 1127
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIA
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 in 1 category; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 40.0 | 38.8 |
| Released | 2026-08-11 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 262K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.05 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.20 | — |
| Results tracked | 18 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 40.4 (#141), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 38.5 (#175)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1375 | 1314 |
Reasoning Too close to call
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 26.8 (#127), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 25.9 (#141)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1337 | 1299 |
Math Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#155), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 36.1 (#174)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1359 | 1298 |
Knowledge Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#154), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 35.5 (#183)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1356 | 1289 |
Multilingual Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#180), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 41.9 (#201)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1295 | 1265 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1359 | 1314 |
| LMArena German | 1282 | 1231 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1206 | 1207 |
| LMArena Russian | 1253 | 1271 |
| LMArena French | 1366 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1238 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1345 | — |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.6 (#170), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 67.2 (#199)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1318 | 1275 |
Long Context Too close to call
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#165), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 39.2 (#184)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1314 | 1292 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#201), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 49.4 (#192)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1327 | 1299 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1254 | 1262 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1328 | 1299 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1280 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better than Qwen2.5 Plus 1127?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning or Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 better for coding?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 38.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 has 14.