# Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Ring-2.6-1T

> Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has enough public results to be ranked (#155); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/nemotron-3-5-lightning-vs-ring-2-6-1t
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Snapshot

| | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | Ant Group (inclusionAI) |
| Noometry Index | 40.0 | 36.9 |
| Rank | 155 | — |
| Context | 262K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.05 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.20 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 40.4 (#141)
- Ring-2.6-1T: 40.7

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 42.4% |
| LMArena Coding | 1375 | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 432.57 |

## Reasoning

- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 26.8 (#127)
- Ring-2.6-1T: 26.1

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 3.7% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1337 | — |

## Math

- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#155)
- Ring-2.6-1T: —

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1359 | — |

## Knowledge

- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#154)
- Ring-2.6-1T: —

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1356 | — |

## Multilingual

- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#180)
- Ring-2.6-1T: —

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| 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)
- Ring-2.6-1T: —

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1318 | — |

## Long Context

- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#165)
- Ring-2.6-1T: —

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1314 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#201)
- Ring-2.6-1T: —

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1327 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1254 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1280 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1328 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better than Ring-2.6-1T?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has enough public results to be ranked (#155); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning or Ring-2.6-1T better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (40.4 vs 40.7); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and Ring-2.6-1T share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18 scored results on Noometry and Ring-2.6-1T has 3.