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Like-for-like- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
- 72.9
- Qwen3.8 Max
- 82.8
- Weighted basis
- 1 vs 1 rows
- Reading
- Qwen3.8 Max leads
Model comparison
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 vs Qwen3.8 Max
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
Qwen3.8 Max has the higher public score, 79.89 versus 26.93, and the 90% score intervals do not overlap.
4 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.
No workload recommendation clears the current evidence threshold.
Use the matched evidence, workload costs, and sourced specifications below instead of treating a point score as a universal answer.
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
Long documents
Prompts that approach the documented context limit
No clear pick
The documented context windows are equal.
Confidence: documented
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.
9 Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 only
4 Shared
48 Qwen3.8 Max only
- Shared results
- 4
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 only
- 9
- Qwen3.8 Max only
- 48
- 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.
Knowledge
Directional only- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
- 80.5
- Qwen3.8 Max
- 50.2
- Weighted basis
- 2 vs 2 rows
- Reading
- Directional only
Agentic
Not comparable- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
- 29.1
- Qwen3.8 Max
- 86.1
- Weighted basis
- 2 vs 1 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Coding
Not comparable- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
- 42.1
- Qwen3.8 Max
- 67.7
- Weighted basis
- 2 vs 1 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Reasoning
Not comparable- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
- Not measured
- Qwen3.8 Max
- 78.3
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 2 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Math
Not comparable- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
- Not measured
- Qwen3.8 Max
- 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 Max
- 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 Max
- 86.3
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 2 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
| Category | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Qwen3.8 Max | Weighted basis | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Instruction following | 72.9 | 82.8 | Like-for-like1 vs 1 rows | Qwen3.8 Max leads |
| Knowledge | 80.5 | 50.2 | Directional only2 vs 2 rows | Directional only |
| Agentic | 29.1 | 86.1 | Not comparable2 vs 1 rows | Not comparable |
| Coding | 42.1 | 67.7 | Not comparable2 vs 1 rows | Not comparable |
| Reasoning | Not measured | 78.3 | Not comparable0 vs 2 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 | 86.3 | Not comparable0 vs 2 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 Max: 92.6%Normalized gap 17.0Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 source Qwen3.8 Max sourceIFBench
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Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4: 72.9%Qwen3.8 Max: 82.8%Normalized gap 9.9Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 source Qwen3.8 Max 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 Max
- API rate not published
- Fits in one request
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 has no comparable published API token rate. Qwen3.8 Max 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 Max
- API rate not published
- Fits in one request
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 has no comparable published API token rate. Qwen3.8 Max 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 Max
- API rate not published
- Fits in one request
- Cached-input rate unavailable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 has no comparable published API token rate. Qwen3.8 Max 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 Max
Context window
Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
Qwen3.8 Max
API model ID
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
Not sourced
Qwen3.8 Max
qwen3.8-max
Alibaba Cloud Model Studio pricingCached-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 cardQwen3.8 Max
No comparable hosted API rate
Alibaba Cloud Model Studio pricingDocumented inputs
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
Not sourced
Qwen3.8 Max
Not sourced
Documented outputs
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
Not sourced
Qwen3.8 Max
Not sourced
Provider availability
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
Not sourced
Qwen3.8 Max
Not sourced
Reasoning profile
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
Reasoning
Qwen3.8 Max
Reasoning
Weight access
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
Open Weight
Qwen3.8 Max
Proprietary
License
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
Open Weight
Qwen3.8 Max
Proprietary
Release date
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
2026-08-11
Qwen3.8 Max
2026-08-03
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 Max has the higher public score, 79.89 versus 26.93, and the 90% score intervals do not overlap.
- Workload cost
- A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
- Context tradeoff
- Both models list 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 evidence61 rows
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.0
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP423.5%SourceQwen3.8 Max—Not directly comparable
PinchBench
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP483.4%SourceQwen3.8 Max—Not directly comparable
BrowseComp
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP436.8%SourceQwen3.8 Max—Not directly comparable
τ³-bench results
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP49.5%SourceQwen3.8 Max—Not directly comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.1
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max86.6%SourceNot directly comparable
CoWorkBench
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max74.8%SourceNot directly comparable
JobBench
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max53.4%SourceNot directly comparable
skillsBench
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max70.2%SourceNot directly comparable
Agents' Last Exam
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max52.4%SourceNot directly comparable
AutomationBench
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max27.3%SourceNot directly comparable
Toolathlon-Verified
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max72.5%SourceNot directly comparable
WideResearch
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max81.9%SourceNot directly comparable
HLE w/ tools
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max56.2%SourceNot directly comparable
OSWorld-Verified
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max86.1%SourceNot directly comparable
OSWorld 2.0
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max19.4%SourceNot directly comparable
WebArena-Verified
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max66.8%SourceNot directly comparable
AndroidWorld
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max85.3%SourceNot directly comparable
MobileWorld
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max77.8%SourceNot directly comparable
Coding
SWE-bench Verified
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP452.8%SourceQwen3.8 Max—Not directly comparable
SWE Multilingual
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP436.5%SourceQwen3.8 Max—Not directly comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP423.5%SourceQwen3.8 Max—Not directly comparable
SciCode
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP431.4%SourceQwen3.8 Max—Not directly comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.1
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max86.6%SourceNot directly comparable
SWE-bench Pro
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max67.7%SourceNot directly comparable
deepSwe
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max56.6%SourceNot directly comparable
NL2Repo
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max55.9%SourceNot directly comparable
FrontierSWE
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max73.5%SourceNot directly comparable
MLS-Bench Lite
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max41.0%SourceNot directly comparable
PaperBench
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max93.0%SourceNot directly comparable
Reasoning
Knowledge
GPQA
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP475.6%SourceQwen3.8 Max92.6%SourceQwen3.8 Max leads this result
GPQA-D
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP475.6%SourceQwen3.8 Max92.6%SourceQwen3.8 Max leads this result
HLE w/o tools
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP410.5%SourceQwen3.8 Max43.6%SourceQwen3.8 Max leads this result
MMLU-Pro
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP481.6%SourceQwen3.8 Max—Not directly comparable
HLE
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max43.6%SourceNot directly comparable
Multimodal
MMMU-Pro
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max82.3%SourceNot directly comparable
MathVision
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max95.2%SourceNot directly comparable
MathVision w/ Python
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max97.7%SourceNot directly comparable
BabyVision
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max82.0%SourceNot directly comparable
BabyVision w/ Python
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max91.3%SourceNot directly comparable
ZeroBench
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max24.0%SourceNot directly comparable
ZeroBench w/ Python
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max49.0%SourceNot directly comparable
MedXpertQA (MM)
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max80.4%SourceNot directly comparable
ScreenSpot Pro
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max84.5%SourceNot directly comparable
Vision2Web
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max69.0%SourceNot directly comparable
CharXiv w/o tools
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max88.4%SourceNot directly comparable
CharXiv
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max93.5%SourceNot directly comparable
OmniDocBench 1.5
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max92.1%SourceNot directly comparable
OCRBench V2
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max74.2%SourceNot directly comparable
CC-OCR
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max79.6%SourceNot directly comparable
RealWorldQA
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max88.0%SourceNot directly comparable
ERQA
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max77.8%SourceNot directly comparable
SimpleVQA
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max75.0%SourceNot directly comparable
PerceptionBench
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max63.5%SourceNot directly comparable
Video-MME (with subtitle)
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max90.4%SourceNot directly comparable
VideoMMMU
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max88.7%SourceNot directly comparable
MMVU
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max82.4%SourceNot directly comparable
MLVU (M-Avg)
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max90.8%SourceNot directly comparable
LVBench
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—Qwen3.8 Max81.8%SourceNot directly comparable
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Frequently asked questions
Which is better, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 or Qwen3.8 Max?
Qwen3.8 Max has the higher public score, 79.89 versus 26.93, 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 Max?
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 Max?
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 Max?
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 Max?
Both models list the same context window, 1M.
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