# Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

> Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-2-0-flash-lite-vs-nemotron-3-5-lightning
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher in 4 categories and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning in 4 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads 26.8 to 22.0.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 37.8 | 40.0 |
| Rank | 194 | 155 |
| Context | — | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.05 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.9 (#185)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 40.4 (#141)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | 1375 |
| LiveBench Coding | 47.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 26.8 (#127)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1324 | 1337 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 50.1% | — |
| DTBench | 52.5% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 65.5% | — |
| ForecastBench | 57.1 | — |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | — |

## Math

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.1 (#196)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#155)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1309 | 1359 |
| Omni-MATH | 37.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 58.1% | — |

## Knowledge

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#154)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1305 | 1356 |
| MMLU-Pro | 72% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 50% | — |

## Multimodal

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: —

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1100 | — |

## Multilingual

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#180)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1323 | 1295 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1339 | 1359 |
| LMArena French | 1347 | 1366 |
| LMArena German | 1306 | 1282 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1301 | 1206 |
| LMArena Korean | 1325 | 1238 |
| LMArena Russian | 1328 | 1253 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1313 | 1345 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.6 (#170)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1305 | 1318 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 78.3% | — |
| IFEval | 82.4% | — |

## Long Context

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#165)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1320 | 1314 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#201)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1330 | 1327 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1254 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1307 | 1328 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1280 |
| WildBench | 79% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 34.3% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better for coding?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 37.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18.