# Claude 2 vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

> Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.3 to 24.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/claude-2-vs-nemotron-3-5-lightning
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in math, where Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads 34.7 to 8.7.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Claude 2 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 24.7 | 39.3 |
| Rank | 342 | 156 |
| Context | — | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.06 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.16 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Claude 2: —
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.6 (#143)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1370 |
| HumanEval+ | 61.6% | — |

## Reasoning

- Claude 2: 20.8 (#213)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 25.7 (#128)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1335 |
| DTBench | 51.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.08 | — |

## Math

- Claude 2: 8.7 (#314)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 34.7 (#156)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1355 |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Claude 2: 17.0 (#282)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 36.9 (#154)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1354 |
| MMLU | 78.5% | — |
| TriviaQA | 87.5% | — |

## Multilingual

- Claude 2: —
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#175)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1292 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1356 |
| LMArena French | — | 1369 |
| LMArena German | — | 1280 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1213 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1233 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1257 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1321 |

## Instruction Following

- Claude 2: —
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.8 (#166)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1317 |

## Long Context

- Claude 2: —
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#160)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1312 |

## Writing & Preference

- Claude 2: —
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#198)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1324 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1254 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1280 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1327 |

## FAQ

### Is Claude 2 better than Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.3 to 24.7 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Claude 2 and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2 has 8 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18.