Knowledge
Like-for-like- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
- 80.5
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
- 76.3
- Weighted basis
- 2 vs 2 rows
- Reading
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 leads
Model comparison
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 vs Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
Updated August 11, 2026. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty. They are not guarantees for a specific workload.
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
NVIDIA
26.9/100
Estimated · Public rank #204
90% interval 17.1–36.8
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B has the higher public score estimate, 43.65 versus 26.93, but the 90% score intervals overlap. Treat that as a lead, not a settled winner.
5 results are shared. Category rows based on different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.
Which one for your work
Recommendations appear only when a shared evidence basis or an explicit operating constraint supports the call. Secondary and unsupported use cases stay disclosed below the initial list.
Long documents
Prompts that approach the documented context limit
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 has the larger documented context window.
Confidence: documented
Show secondary and unsupported calls
Coding work
Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks
Not enough matched evidence
The category averages use different weighted benchmark sets, so they are directional rather than like-for-like.
Confidence: limited
Agentic work
Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion
Not enough matched evidence
No shared weighted benchmark basis supports a winner.
Confidence: limited
Chat turn cost
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Confidence: listed-rates
Cache-heavy agent loop cost
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Confidence: listed-rates
Repository review cost
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Confidence: listed-rates
What is actually comparable
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.
8 Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 only
5 Shared
11 Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B only
- Shared results
- 5
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 only
- 8
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B only
- 11
- Like-for-like categories
- 2 / 8
1 category uses different evidence sets. Those rows remain visible for coverage context but do not name a winner.
Category results, on a stated basis
Each row states whether both averages use the same weighted benchmark set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner in this template.
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Like-for-like- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
- 72.9
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
- 74.2
- Weighted basis
- 1 vs 1 rows
- Reading
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B leads
Coding
Directional only- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
- 42.1
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
- 32.0
- Weighted basis
- 2 vs 1 rows
- Reading
- Directional only
Agentic
Not comparable- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
- 29.1
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 2 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Reasoning
Not comparable- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
- Not measured
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Math
Not comparable- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
- Not measured
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Multilingual
Not comparable- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
- Not measured
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Multimodal
Not comparable- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
- Not measured
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
- 76.3
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 1 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
| Category | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B | Weighted basis | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge | 80.5 | 76.3 | Like-for-like2 vs 2 rows | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 leads |
| Instruction following | 72.9 | 74.2 | Like-for-like1 vs 1 rows | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B leads |
| Coding | 42.1 | 32.0 | Directional only2 vs 1 rows | Directional only |
| Agentic | 29.1 | Not measured | Not comparable2 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Reasoning | Not measured | Not measured | Not comparable0 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Math | Not measured | Not measured | Not comparable0 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Multilingual | Not measured | Not measured | Not comparable0 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Multimodal | Not measured | 76.3 | Not comparable0 vs 1 rows | Not comparable |
Shape of the matched evidence
Only shared public evidence is shown. Sparse evidence stays a ruled list rather than being closed into a radar shape.
Too few matched category axes support a radar. The ruled list below shows only shared benchmark results; positions use each benchmark’s normalized display scale when available.
MMLU-Pro
Knowledge
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4: 81.6%Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B: 77.3%Normalized gap 4.3Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 source Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B sourceGPQA
Knowledge
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4: 75.6%Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B: 72.2%Normalized gap 3.4Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 source Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B sourceIFBench
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Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4: 72.9%Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B: 74.2%Normalized gap 1.3Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 source Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B sourceSciCode
Coding
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4: 31.4%Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B: 32%Normalized gap 0.6Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 source Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B source
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes turn per-token rates into comparable decisions. Each scenario states context fit and whether cached input had to fall back to the published list-input rate.
Chat turn
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
- Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
- Fits in one request
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
- Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
- Fits in one request
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 has no comparable published API token rate. Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B has no comparable published API token rate.
Repository review
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
- Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
- Fits in one request
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
- Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
- Fits in one request
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 has no comparable published API token rate. Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B has no comparable published API token rate.
Cache-heavy agent loop
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
- Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
- Fits in one request
- Cached-input rate unavailable
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
- Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
- Fits in one request
- Cached-input rate unavailable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 has no comparable published API token rate. Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B has no comparable published API token rate.
Specification differences
Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.
SpecificationNemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
Context window
Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
256K
API model ID
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
Not sourced
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
Not sourced
Cached-input rate
A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
No comparable hosted API rate
NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning model cardNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
No comparable hosted API rate
Documented inputs
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
Not sourced
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
Not sourced
Documented outputs
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
Not sourced
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
Not sourced
Provider availability
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
Not sourced
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
Not sourced
Reasoning profile
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
Reasoning
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
Reasoning
Weight access
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
Open Weight
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
Open Weight
License
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
Open Weight
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
Open Weight
Release date
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
2026-08-11
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B
2026-04-28
If you already use one of these models
- Deployment change
- Both entries list NVIDIA as the provider. Confirm endpoint, model ID, limits, and feature support before switching.
- Quality signal
- Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B has the higher public score estimate, 43.65 versus 26.93, but the 90% score intervals overlap.
- Workload cost
- A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
- Context tradeoff
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 has the larger documented window (1M).
Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.
Benchmark evidence
The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.
Browse raw public benchmark evidence24 rows
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.0
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP423.5%SourceNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B—Not directly comparable
PinchBench
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP483.4%SourceNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B—Not directly comparable
BrowseComp
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP436.8%SourceNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B—Not directly comparable
τ³-bench results
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP49.5%SourceNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B—Not directly comparable
OSWorld
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B47.4%SourceNot directly comparable
τ²-bench results
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B45.3%SourceNot directly comparable
Coding
SWE-bench Verified
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP452.8%SourceNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B—Not directly comparable
SWE Multilingual
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP436.5%SourceNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B—Not directly comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP423.5%SourceNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B—Not directly comparable
SciCode
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP431.4%SourceNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B32%SourceNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B leads this result
LiveCodeBench v5
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B63.2%SourceNot directly comparable
Knowledge
GPQA
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP475.6%SourceNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B72.2%SourceNemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 leads this result
GPQA-D
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP475.6%SourceNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B72.2%SourceNemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 leads this result
HLE w/o tools
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP410.5%SourceNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B—Not directly comparable
MMLU-Pro
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP481.6%SourceNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B77.3%SourceNemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 leads this result
Math
AIME 2025
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B82.1%SourceNot directly comparable
Multimodal
MMMU
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B70.8%SourceNot directly comparable
MMLongBench-Doc
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B57.5%SourceNot directly comparable
CharXiv
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B76.3%SourceNot directly comparable
ScreenSpot Pro
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B57.8%SourceNot directly comparable
Video-MME (w/o subtitle)
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B72.2%SourceNot directly comparable
AI2D_TEST
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B88.5%SourceNot directly comparable
RefCOCO (avg)
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B90.5%SourceNot directly comparable
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Frequently asked questions
Which is better, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 or Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B?
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B has the higher public score estimate, 43.65 versus 26.93, but the 90% score intervals overlap. The higher estimate is not a decisive winner because the uncertainty ranges overlap.
Which is better for coding, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 or Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B?
The current coding averages use different weighted benchmark sets, so BenchLM does not name a winner from them. Read the shared benchmark rows directly and test the models on the same task set.
Which is better for agentic tasks, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 or Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B?
The published evidence does not provide a shared weighted agentic tasks basis for both models, so BenchLM does not name a agentic tasks winner.
Which costs less, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 or Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B?
Both models do not have comparable published API token rates, so this page does not name a universal price winner.
Which has the larger context window, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 or Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 has the larger documented context window: 1M, compared with 256K.
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Last updated August 11, 2026
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