# Gemma 7B vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

> Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.3 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-7b-vs-nemotron-3-5-lightning
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 13

## Summary

- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 7B scores higher in 0 categories and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads 48.5 to 27.2.

## Snapshot

| | Gemma 7B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 29.5 | 39.3 |
| Rank | 295 | 156 |
| Context | — | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.06 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.16 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Gemma 7B: 29.9 (#290)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.6 (#143)

| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1048 | 1370 |
| HumanEval+ | 28.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 43.4% | — |

## Reasoning

- Gemma 7B: 19.0 (#247)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 25.7 (#128)

| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1042 | 1335 |
| Adversarial NLI | 48.7% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 55.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 111.74 | — |
| HellaSwag | 82.2% | — |
| PIQA | 81.2% | — |
| WinoGrande | 79% | — |

## Math

- Gemma 7B: 28.7 (#225)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 34.7 (#156)

| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1066 | 1355 |
| GSM8K | 46.4% | — |

## Knowledge

- Gemma 7B: 26.8 (#248)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 36.9 (#154)

| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1002 | 1354 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 78.3% | — |
| BoolQ | 83.2% | — |
| MMLU | 66.1% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 78.6% | — |
| TriviaQA | 72.3% | — |

## Multilingual

- Gemma 7B: 25.3 (#282)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#175)

| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 999 | 1292 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1035 | 1356 |
| LMArena French | 1024 | 1369 |
| LMArena Russian | 993 | 1257 |
| LMArena German | — | 1280 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1213 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1233 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1321 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemma 7B: 51.7 (#290)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.8 (#166)

| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1017 | 1317 |

## Long Context

- Gemma 7B: 31.1 (#277)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#160)

| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1022 | 1312 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemma 7B: 27.2 (#297)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#198)

| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1056 | 1324 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1024 | 1254 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 963 | 1327 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1280 |

## FAQ

### Is Gemma 7B better than Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.3 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Gemma 7B or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better for coding?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.6 versus 29.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Gemma 7B and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 7B has 27 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18.