Model A

NVIDIA

26.2/100

Estimated · Public rank #216

90% interval 16.4–36.1

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 vs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Updated August 26, 2026. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty. They are not guarantees for a specific workload.

Model B

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Alibaba

67.5/100

Estimated · Public rank #25

90% interval 57.7–77.4

Decision reading

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next has the higher public score, 67.54 versus 26.23, and the 90% score intervals do not overlap.

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
No shared weighted benchmark basis supports a winner.
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

19 Qwen3.8-Flash-Next only

Shared results: 5
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 only: 8
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next only: 19
Like-for-like categories: 1 / 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.

Instruction following

Like-for-like

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4: 72.9
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next: 81.3
Weighted basis: 1 vs 1 rows
Reading: Qwen3.8-Flash-Next leads

Knowledge

Directional only

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4: 80.5
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next: 43.4
Weighted basis: 2 vs 2 rows
Reading: Directional only

Agentic

Not comparable

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4: 29.1
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next: Not measured
Weighted basis: 2 vs 0 rows
Reading: Not comparable

Coding

Not comparable

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4: 42.1
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next: 62.5
Weighted basis: 2 vs 1 rows
Reading: Not comparable

Reasoning

Not comparable

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4: Not measured
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next: Not measured
Weighted basis: 0 vs 0 rows
Reading: Not comparable

Math

Not comparable

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4: Not measured
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next: Not measured
Weighted basis: 0 vs 0 rows
Reading: Not comparable

Multilingual

Not comparable

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4: Not measured
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next: Not measured
Weighted basis: 0 vs 0 rows
Reading: Not comparable

Multimodal

Not comparable

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4: Not measured
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next: 90.6
Weighted basis: 0 vs 1 rows
Reading: Not comparable

Category averages with the server-provided evidence basis for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
Category	Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4	Qwen3.8-Flash-Next	Weighted basis	Reading
Instruction following	72.9	81.3	Like-for-like1 vs 1 rows	Qwen3.8-Flash-Next leads
Knowledge	80.5	43.4	Directional only2 vs 2 rows	Directional only
Agentic	29.1	Not measured	Not comparable2 vs 0 rows	Not comparable
Coding	42.1	62.5	Not comparable2 vs 1 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	90.6	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.

GPQA
Knowledge
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4: 75.6%Qwen3.8-Flash-Next: 91.7%Normalized gap 16.1Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 source Qwen3.8-Flash-Next source
IFBench
Instruction following
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4: 72.9%Qwen3.8-Flash-Next: 81.3%Normalized gap 8.4Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 source Qwen3.8-Flash-Next 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
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next: Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies; Fits in one request

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 has no comparable published API token rate. Qwen3.8-Flash-Next 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
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next: Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies; Fits in one request

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 has no comparable published API token rate. Qwen3.8-Flash-Next 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
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next: 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. Qwen3.8-Flash-Next 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 NVFP4Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Context window

Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning model card

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

262K

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next model card

API model ID

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

Not sourced

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Qwen/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next model card

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 card

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

No comparable hosted API rate

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next model card

Documented inputs

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

Not sourced

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Not sourced

Documented outputs

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

Not sourced

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Not sourced

Provider availability

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

Not sourced

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Not sourced

Reasoning profile

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

Reasoning

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Reasoning

Weight access

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

Open Weight

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Open Weight

License

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

Open Weight

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Open Weight

Release date

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

2026-08-11

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

2026-08-26

If you already use one of these models

Deployment change: The models list different providers, so authentication, endpoint behavior, limits, and feature support may change.
Quality signal: Qwen3.8-Flash-Next has the higher public score, 67.54 versus 26.23, and the 90% score intervals do not 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 evidence32 rows

Agentic

Terminal-Bench 2.0
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP423.5%
Source
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next—
Not directly comparable
PinchBench
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP483.4%
Source
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next—
Not directly comparable
BrowseComp
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP436.8%
Source
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next—
Not directly comparable
τ³-bench results
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP49.5%
Source
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next—
Not directly comparable
CoWorkBench
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next73.9%
Source
Not directly comparable
JobBench
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next55.7%
Source
Not directly comparable
Agents' Last Exam
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next51.2%
Source
Not directly comparable
Toolathlon-Verified
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next73.5%
Source
Not directly comparable
AndroidWorld
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next84.5%
Source
Not directly comparable
OSWorld 2.0
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next19.4%
Source
Not directly comparable

Coding

SWE-bench Verified
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP452.8%
Source
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next—
Not directly comparable
SWE Multilingual
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP436.5%
Source
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next81%
Source
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next leads this result
Terminal-Bench 2.0
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP423.5%
Source
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next—
Not directly comparable
SciCode
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP431.4%
Source
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next—
Not directly comparable
SWE-bench Pro
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next62.5%
Source
Not directly comparable
NL2Repo
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next48.1%
Source
Not directly comparable
deepSwe
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next58.7%
Source
Not directly comparable
LiveCodeBench v6
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next91.9%
Source
Not directly comparable

Knowledge

GPQA
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP475.6%
Source
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next91.7%
Source
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next leads this result
GPQA-D
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP475.6%
Source
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next91.7%
Source
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next leads this result
HLE w/o tools
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP410.5%
Source
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next35.9%
Source
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next leads this result
MMLU-Pro
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP481.6%
Source
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next—
Not directly comparable
HLE
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next35.9%
Source
Not directly comparable

Multimodal

Vision2Web
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next64.0%
Source
Not directly comparable
ERQA
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next72.3%
Source
Not directly comparable
LVBench
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next76.6%
Source
Not directly comparable
RealWorldQA
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next88.5%
Source
Not directly comparable
MathVision
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next90.6%
Source
Not directly comparable
MathVision w/ Python
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next95.7%
Source
Not directly comparable
CharXiv w/o tools
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next84.6%
Source
Not directly comparable
CharXiv
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next90.6%
Source
Not directly comparable

Instruction following

IFBench
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP472.9%
Source
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next81.3%
Source
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next leads this result

Frequently asked questions

Which is better, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 or Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next has the higher public score, 67.54 versus 26.23, and the 90% score intervals do not overlap. That is the clearest overall quality signal in the current public data.

Which is better for coding, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 or Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

The published evidence does not provide a shared weighted coding basis for both models, so BenchLM does not name a coding winner.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 or Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

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 Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

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 Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 has the larger documented context window: 1M, compared with 262K.

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Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 vs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Which one for your work

Long documents

Coding work

Agentic work

Chat turn cost

Cache-heavy agent loop cost

Repository review cost

What is actually comparable

Category results, on a stated basis

Instruction following

Knowledge

Agentic

Coding

Reasoning

Math

Multilingual

Multimodal

Shape of the matched evidence

What each workload costs

Chat turn

Repository review

Cache-heavy agent loop

Specification differences

Context window

API model ID

Cached-input rate

Documented inputs

Documented outputs

Provider availability

Reasoning profile

Weight access

License

Release date

Benchmark evidence

Agentic

Coding

Knowledge

Multimodal

Instruction following

Frequently asked questions

Which is better, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 or Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

Which is better for coding, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 or Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

Which is better for agentic tasks, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 or Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

Which costs less, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 or Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

Which has the larger context window, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 or Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

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