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Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 vs Sakana Fugu-Ultra

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

Sakana Fugu-Ultra

Sakana AI

—

Evidence status unavailable

90% interval unavailable

At least one model is not scored in the current public ranking lane, so the page does not name an overall quality winner.

6 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

    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

    The category averages use different weighted benchmark sets, so they are directional rather than like-for-like.

    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.

Shared results
6
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 only
7
Sakana Fugu-Ultra only
5
Like-for-like categories
0 / 8

3 categories use 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.

Agentic

Directional only
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
29.1
Sakana Fugu-Ultra
82.1
Weighted basis
2 vs 1 rows
Reading
Directional only

Coding

Directional only
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
42.1
Sakana Fugu-Ultra
64.5
Weighted basis
2 vs 2 rows
Reading
Directional only

Knowledge

Directional only
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
80.5
Sakana Fugu-Ultra
95.5
Weighted basis
2 vs 1 rows
Reading
Directional only

Reasoning

Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
Not measured
Sakana Fugu-Ultra
93.6
Weighted basis
0 vs 1 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Math

Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
Not measured
Sakana Fugu-Ultra
Not measured
Weighted basis
0 vs 0 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multilingual

Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
Not measured
Sakana Fugu-Ultra
Not measured
Weighted basis
0 vs 0 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multimodal

Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
Not measured
Sakana Fugu-Ultra
86.6
Weighted basis
0 vs 1 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Instruction following

Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
72.9
Sakana Fugu-Ultra
Not measured
Weighted basis
1 vs 0 rows
Reading
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.

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
Sakana Fugu-Ultra
API rate not published
Fits in one request

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 has no comparable published API token rate. Sakana Fugu-Ultra 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
Sakana Fugu-Ultra
API rate not published
Fits in one request

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 has no comparable published API token rate. Sakana Fugu-Ultra 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
Sakana Fugu-Ultra
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. Sakana Fugu-Ultra 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.

API model ID

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

Not sourced

Sakana Fugu-Ultra

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 card

Sakana Fugu-Ultra

No comparable hosted API rate

Documented inputs

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

Not sourced

Sakana Fugu-Ultra

Not sourced

Documented outputs

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

Not sourced

Sakana Fugu-Ultra

Not sourced

Provider availability

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

Not sourced

Sakana Fugu-Ultra

Not sourced

Reasoning profile

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

Reasoning

Sakana Fugu-Ultra

Reasoning

Weight access

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

Open Weight

Sakana Fugu-Ultra

Proprietary

License

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

Open Weight

Sakana Fugu-Ultra

Proprietary

Release date

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

2026-08-11

Sakana Fugu-Ultra

2026-06-22

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
At least one model is not scored in the current public ranking lane, so the page does not name an overall quality winner.
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 evidence18 rows

Agentic

  • Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP423.5%
    Source
    Sakana Fugu-Ultra82.1%
    Source

    Sakana Fugu-Ultra leads this result

  • PinchBench

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP483.4%
    Source
    Sakana Fugu-Ultra—

    Not directly comparable

  • BrowseComp

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP436.8%
    Source
    Sakana Fugu-Ultra—

    Not directly comparable

  • τ³-bench results

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP49.5%
    Source
    Sakana Fugu-Ultra—

    Not directly comparable

Coding

  • SWE-bench Verified

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP452.8%
    Source
    Sakana Fugu-Ultra—

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE Multilingual

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP436.5%
    Source
    Sakana Fugu-Ultra—

    Not directly comparable

  • Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP423.5%
    Source
    Sakana Fugu-Ultra82.1%
    Source

    Sakana Fugu-Ultra leads this result

  • SciCode

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP431.4%
    Source
    Sakana Fugu-Ultra58.7%
    Source

    Sakana Fugu-Ultra leads this result

  • SWE-bench Pro

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—
    Sakana Fugu-Ultra73.7%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • LiveCodeBench v6

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—
    Sakana Fugu-Ultra93.2%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • LiveCodeBench Pro

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—
    Sakana Fugu-Ultra90.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Reasoning

  • MRCRv2

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—
    Sakana Fugu-Ultra93.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Knowledge

  • GPQA

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP475.6%
    Source
    Sakana Fugu-Ultra95.5%
    Source

    Sakana Fugu-Ultra leads this result

  • GPQA-D

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP475.6%
    Source
    Sakana Fugu-Ultra95.5%
    Source

    Sakana Fugu-Ultra leads this result

  • HLE w/o tools

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP410.5%
    Source
    Sakana Fugu-Ultra50%
    Source

    Sakana Fugu-Ultra leads this result

  • MMLU-Pro

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP481.6%
    Source
    Sakana Fugu-Ultra—

    Not directly comparable

Multimodal

  • CharXiv

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—
    Sakana Fugu-Ultra86.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Instruction following

  • IFBench

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP472.9%
    Source
    Sakana Fugu-Ultra—

    Not directly comparable

Frequently asked questions

Which is better, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 or Sakana Fugu-Ultra?

At least one model is not scored in the current public ranking lane, so the page does not name an overall quality winner. The page therefore keeps the decision tied to the specific documented workload.

Which is better for coding, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 or Sakana Fugu-Ultra?

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 Sakana Fugu-Ultra?

The current agentic tasks 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 costs less, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 or Sakana Fugu-Ultra?

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 Sakana Fugu-Ultra?

Both models list the same context window, 1M.

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Last updated August 11, 2026

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