# GPT-5.4 vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-5.4 and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-5-4-vs-nemotron-3-5-lightning-30b-a3b-nvfp4
- Last updated: September 24, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.4 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- GPT-5.4 leads overall 68.51 to 19.1.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 66.8 for GPT-5.4 and 20.7 for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is BrowseComp in Agentic, with scores of 82.7% and 36.8%.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- GPT-5.4 also has the larger context window at 1.05M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-5.4 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | NVIDIA |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1.05M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 68.51 | 19.1 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 38 | 13 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.50 / $15.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 49.4 (Supported · #36/105)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 7.3 (Estimated · #104/105)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 75.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 79.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 82.7% | 36.8% | GPT-5.4 |
| OSWorld-Verified | 75% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 70.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 54.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | 98.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 60.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 73.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 64.89% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 15.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 38.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ExploitGym | 6.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | 11% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 23.5% | Coming soon |
| PinchBench | Coming soon | 83.4% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 9.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 50.7 (Supported · #38/135)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 11.4 (Estimated · #135/135)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench Pro | 87.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 57.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 85.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 67.42% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 52.8% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 36.5% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 23.5% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 31.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 60.5 (#14/19)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 55.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 74.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 0.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 69.3 (#21/50)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 81.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OfficeQA Pro | 53.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 82.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 82.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ERQA | 65.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | 61.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 85.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | 41.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | 77.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 66.8 (Supported · #16/158)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 20.7 (Estimated · #154/158)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 92.8% | 75.6% | GPT-5.4 |
| HLE | 52.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 39.8% | 10.5% | GPT-5.4 |
| GPQA-D | 92.8% | 75.6% | GPT-5.4 |
| HealthBench Hard | 40.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (Text) | 59.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Professional | 48.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 81.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 89.2 (#19/124)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 68.5 (#67/124)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 72.9% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 64.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 47.600% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 27.100% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GPT-5.4 or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4?

GPT-5.4 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GPT-5.4 and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 66.8 for GPT-5.4 and 20.7 for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4.

### How many benchmarks does GPT-5.4 cover on BenchLM?

GPT-5.4 currently has 38 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 cover on BenchLM?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 currently has 13 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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