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Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning by NVIDIA ranks 155th of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 40.0. Its strongest category is reasoning, where it ranks 127th. API pricing starts at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens, with a 262K-token context window.
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Specifications
- Noometry rank
- #155 of 354
- Index score
- 40.0
- Evidence
- Confirmed 18 results
- Provider
NVIDIA- Released
- August 11, 2026
- Weights
- Open weights
- Reasoning
- Yes
- Context window
- 262K
- Max output
- 262K
- Input price
- $0.05 / M
- Output price
- $0.20 / M
- Blended price
- $0.0875 / M
- Output speed
- Not measured
- Value
- #10 of 219
- Knowledge cutoff
- Unknown
- Input
- text
Category scores
Each category score combines every public result we have in that category.
- Coding 40.4
- Reasoning 26.8
- Math 37.5
- Knowledge 37.5
- Multilingual 44.0
- Instruction Following 69.6
- Long Context 39.9
- Writing & Preference 48.5
| Category | Score | Rank | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 40.4 | #141 | 1 |
| Reasoning | 26.8 | #127 | 1 |
| Math | 37.5 | #155 | 1 |
| Knowledge | 37.5 | #154 | 1 |
| Multilingual | 44.0 | #180 | 1 |
| Instruction Following | 69.6 | #170 | 1 |
| Long Context | 39.9 | #165 | 1 |
| Writing & Preference | 48.5 | #201 | 4 |
Strengths and weaknesses
Categories where Nemotron 3.5 Lightning places highest and lowest among the models ranked in each, with its score against that category's median.
Strongest categories
Weakest categories
| Category | Score | vs median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Writing & Preference | 48.5 | −5.3 | #201 of 312, top 65% |
| Multilingual | 44.0 | −3.4 | #180 of 297, top 61% |
| Long Context | 39.9 | −1.0 | #165 of 296, top 56% |
Closest competitors
The models ranked just above and below Nemotron 3.5 Lightning. When scores are this close, price and speed are often the better way to choose.
| Model | Rank | Score | Blended $/M | Speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 | #151 | 40.3 | $0.40 | — | Compare |
| Mistral Medium 3.5 | #152 | 40.2 | $3 | 50 | Compare |
| Nemotron 3 Super | #153 | 40.1 | $0.17 | — | Compare |
| Llama 3.3 Nemotron 49b Super v1 | #154 | 40.1 | — | — | Compare |
| Qwen3.7 Flash | #156 | 39.9 | $0.055 | — | Compare |
| Grok 3 | #157 | 39.9 | — | 42 | Compare |
| GLM-4.5V | #158 | 39.8 | $0.90 | 34 | Compare |
| QwQ-32B | #159 | 39.8 | — | — | Compare |
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Benchmark results
Every published result we track, with its source. Bold rows are the ones used for ranking; where several exist we prefer independent runs over self-reported numbers.
Coding
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1375 | #154 of 294, top 53% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 |
Reasoning
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1337 | #166 of 297, top 56% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 |
Math
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1359 | #159 of 285, top 56% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 |
Knowledge
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1356 | #153 of 273, top 57% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 |
Multilingual
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1295 | #180 of 297, top 61% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 | |
| LMArena Chinese | 1359 | #161 of 285, top 57% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 | |
| LMArena French | 1366 | #138 of 223, top 62% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 | |
| LMArena German | 1282 | #158 of 231, top 69% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 | |
| LMArena Japanese | 1206 | #158 of 211, top 75% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 | |
| LMArena Korean | 1238 | #147 of 213, top 70% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 | |
| LMArena Russian | 1253 | #210 of 283, top 75% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 | |
| LMArena Spanish | 1345 | #149 of 226, top 66% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 |
Instruction Following
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1318 | #163 of 298, top 55% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 |
Long Context
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1314 | #177 of 291, top 61% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 |
Writing & Preference
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1327 | #175 of 297, top 59% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 | |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1254 | #201 of 295, top 69% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 | |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1280 | #79 of 115, top 69% | EQ-Bench | ||
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1328 | #173 of 295, top 59% | LMArena | 2026-10-08 |
API pricing by provider
| Route | Input $/M | Output $/M | Cached input $/M | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fireworks | $0.05 | $0.20 | $0.01 | 2026-10-10 |
| openrouter | $0.07 | $0.20 | $0.04 | 2026-10-10 |
Compare Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
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Frequently asked questions
How good is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning by NVIDIA ranks 155th of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 40.0. Its strongest category is reasoning, where it ranks 127th. API pricing starts at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens, with a 262K-token context window.
How much does Nemotron 3.5 Lightning cost?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning costs $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens on fireworks, with cached input at $0.01.
What is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning's context window?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning accepts up to 262K tokens of input and can write up to 262K tokens in one response.
Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning open source?
Yes. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning's weights are downloadable from Hugging Face (nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3.5-Lightning-30B-A3B-BF16); check the license for commercial terms.
What are Nemotron 3.5 Lightning's strengths and weaknesses?
Relative to other ranked models, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning places best in reasoning, coding, math and lowest in writing & preference, multilingual, long context.
What is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning best at?
Its best category is reasoning, where it ranks 127th on Noometry.