Model comparison
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 40.0 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 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 66.0 to 48.5.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 40.0 | 45.3 |
| 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 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 40.4 (#141), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1375 | 1487 |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 26.8 (#127), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1337 | 1483 |
Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#155), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1359 | 1474 |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#154), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1356 | 1489 |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#180), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1295 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1359 | 1534 |
| LMArena French | 1366 | 1484 |
| LMArena German | 1282 | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1206 | 1495 |
| LMArena Korean | 1238 | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | 1253 | 1471 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1345 | 1470 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.6 (#170), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1318 | 1467 |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#165), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1314 | 1476 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#201), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1327 | 1470 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1254 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1328 | 1478 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1280 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 40.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 40.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.