# Grok 4.5 vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Grok 4.5 and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

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

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Grok 4.5 and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 has the lower published output-token price.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Grok 4.5 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | xAI | NVIDIA |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 500K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 65.27 | 19.1 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 15 | 13 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $6.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 57.9 (Supported · #21/105)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 7.3 (Estimated · #104/105)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 15.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 83.3% | 23.5% | Grok 4.5 |
| deepSwe | 53% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 67.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PinchBench | Coming soon | 83.4% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 36.8% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 9.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 58.1 (Supported · #19/135)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 11.4 (Estimated · #135/135)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 64.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 78% | 36.5% | Grok 4.5 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 83.3% | 23.5% | Grok 4.5 |
| cursorBench32 | 66.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | 89.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 87.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 86.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 52.8% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 31.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 50.3 (#19/19)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 55.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 52.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 0.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 78.5 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 66.8 (Supported · #17/158)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 20.7 (Estimated · #154/158)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 75.6% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 75.6% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 10.5% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 81.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 68.5 (#67/124)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 72.9% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Grok 4.5 and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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