# Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Nova 2.0 Pro Preview

> Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/nemotron-3-5-lightning-vs-nova-2-0-pro-preview
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads 26.8 to 22.4.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 40.0 | 33.4 |
| Rank | 155 | 244 |
| Context | 262K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.05 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.20 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 40.4 (#141)
- Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 40.8 (#133)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 42.7% |
| LMArena Coding | 1375 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: —
- Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.9 (#136)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GDP.pdf | — | 2% |

## Reasoning

- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 26.8 (#127)
- Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 22.4 (#194)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1337 | — |

## Math

- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#155)
- Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1359 | — |

## Knowledge

- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#154)
- Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1356 | — |

## Multilingual

- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#180)
- Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1295 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1359 | — |
| LMArena French | 1366 | — |
| LMArena German | 1282 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1206 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1238 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1253 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1345 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.6 (#170)
- Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1318 | — |

## Long Context

- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#165)
- Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1314 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#201)
- Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1327 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1254 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1280 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1328 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better than Nova 2.0 Pro Preview?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning or Nova 2.0 Pro Preview better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (40.4 vs 40.8); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview has 3.