Model comparison
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Qwen3 Coder Next
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 34.3 on the Noometry Index.
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NVIDIA
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads 26.8 to 22.4.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.12 / $0.80 for Qwen3 Coder Next.
Side by side
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen3 Coder Next | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 40.0 | 34.3 |
| Released | 2026-08-11 | 2026-02-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 262K |
| Max output | 262K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.05 | $0.12 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.20 | $0.80 |
| Results tracked | 18 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 40.4 (#141), Qwen3 Coder Next: 36.3 (#210)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 32.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 34.4% |
| LMArena Coding | 1375 | — |
Reasoning Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 26.8 (#127), Qwen3 Coder Next: 22.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1337 | — |
Math Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#155), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1359 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#154), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1356 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#180), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1295 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1359 | — |
| LMArena French | 1366 | — |
| LMArena German | 1282 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1206 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1238 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1253 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1345 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.6 (#170), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1318 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#165), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1314 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#201), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1327 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1254 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1280 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1328 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better than Qwen3 Coder Next?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 34.3 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning or Qwen3 Coder Next?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Coder Next lists at $0.12 and $0.80.
Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning or Qwen3 Coder Next better for coding?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 36.3 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Both accept 262K tokens.
How many benchmarks do Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and Qwen3 Coder Next share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Coder Next has 3.