Model comparison
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Trinity Large Thinking
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIA
Arcee AISummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher in 2 categories and Trinity Large Thinking in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads 26.8 to 16.9.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.25 / $0.80 for Trinity Large Thinking.
Side by side
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Trinity Large Thinking | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | Arcee AI |
| Noometry Index | 40.0 | 38.6 |
| Released | 2026-08-11 | 2026-04-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 262K |
| Max output | 262K | 80K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.05 | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.20 | $0.80 |
| Results tracked | 18 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 40.4 (#141), Trinity Large Thinking: 34.1 (#244)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1375 | 1381 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1238 |
| SciCode | — | 36.1% |
Reasoning Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 26.8 (#127), Trinity Large Thinking: 16.9 (#298)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1337 | 1350 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 16.5% |
| CritPt | — | 0.9% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 41.6% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 15.6% |
Math Too close to call
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#155), Trinity Large Thinking: 37.6 (#149)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1359 | 1366 |
Knowledge Trinity Large Thinking leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#154), Trinity Large Thinking: 40.9 (#113)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1356 | 1360 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 6.9% |
Multilingual Trinity Large Thinking leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#180), Trinity Large Thinking: 46.2 (#160)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1295 | 1325 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1359 | 1373 |
| LMArena French | 1366 | 1374 |
| LMArena German | 1282 | 1356 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1206 | 1311 |
| LMArena Korean | 1238 | 1306 |
| LMArena Russian | 1253 | 1337 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1345 | 1357 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.6 (#170), Trinity Large Thinking: 70.5 (#162)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1318 | 1334 |
Long Context Trinity Large Thinking leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#165), Trinity Large Thinking: 41.3 (#144)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1314 | 1355 |
Writing & Preference Trinity Large Thinking leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#201), Trinity Large Thinking: 53.8 (#158)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1327 | 1340 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1254 | 1320 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1328 | 1342 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1280 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better than Trinity Large Thinking?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning or Trinity Large Thinking?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; Trinity Large Thinking lists at $0.25 and $0.80.
Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning or Trinity Large Thinking better for coding?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Both accept 262K tokens.
How many benchmarks do Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and Trinity Large Thinking share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18 scored results on Noometry and Trinity Large Thinking has 24.