Model comparison
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Wizardlm 70b
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.3 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIA
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher in 7 categories and Wizardlm 70b in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads 44.0 to 29.8.
Side by side
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Wizardlm 70b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 39.3 | 32.4 |
| Released | 2026-08-11 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 262K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.16 | — |
| Results tracked | 18 | 12 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.6 (#143), Wizardlm 70b: 30.9 (#280)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1370 | 1081 |
Reasoning Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 25.7 (#128), Wizardlm 70b: 19.8 (#231)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1335 | 1079 |
Math Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 34.7 (#156), Wizardlm 70b: 29.7 (#216)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1355 | 1116 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 36.9 (#154), Wizardlm 70b: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1354 | — |
Multilingual Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#175), Wizardlm 70b: 29.8 (#260)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1292 | 1078 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1356 | 1052 |
| LMArena German | 1280 | 1083 |
| LMArena Russian | 1257 | 1155 |
| LMArena French | 1369 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1213 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1233 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1321 | — |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.8 (#166), Wizardlm 70b: 56.5 (#268)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1317 | 1093 |
Long Context Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#160), Wizardlm 70b: 33.3 (#258)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1312 | 1097 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#198), Wizardlm 70b: 34.9 (#264)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1324 | 1120 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1254 | 1149 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1327 | 1108 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1280 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better than Wizardlm 70b?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.3 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning or Wizardlm 70b better for coding?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.6 versus 30.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and Wizardlm 70b share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 70b has 12.