# Kimi K3.1 Pro vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Kimi K3.1 Pro and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/kimi-3-1-pro-vs-nemotron-3-5-lightning-30b-a3b-nvfp4
- Last updated: October 23, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Kimi K3.1 Pro leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Kimi K3.1 Pro has the higher overall point estimate 82 to 24.8. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is BrowseComp in Agentic, with scores of 92.1% 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.
- Kimi K3.1 Pro also has the larger context window at 1.05M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Moonshot AI | NVIDIA |
| Type | Pending | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1.05M | 1M |
| Overall Score | null | 24.8 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 42 | 13 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $10.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K3.1 Pro public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 14.9 (Estimated · #119/132)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | 65.70% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1 | 38.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 70.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 92.1% | 36.8% | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| BioMysteryBench | 80.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | 43.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam (CLI) | 44.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | 67.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Frontier Finance | 58.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HANDBOOK.md | 44.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 79.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Business Operation | 37.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Financial Modeling | 57.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Financial Research | 70.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Kimi Hallu Bench Hard (tools) | 8.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ExploitGym | 20.7% | 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: Not comparable
- Kimi K3.1 Pro public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 14.7 (Estimated · #138/153)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DeepSWE | 75.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench (binary) | 31.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Kimi Code Bench v2 | 77.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Kimi Code Bench 3.0 Long-horizon | 61.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| sweMarathon | 51.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrainBench v1.2 | 36.5% | 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
- Kimi K3.1 Pro public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 58.8 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K3.1 Pro public-lane score: 98 (#1/56)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | 67.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OfficeQA Pro v2 | 64.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BenchCAD Vision2Code (no tools) | 0.728 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BenchCAD Vision2Code (tools) | 0.927 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 84.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 90% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 93.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 89% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Chartography (tools) | 90.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | 95.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | 39.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench w/ Python | 63.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GDP.pdf (Gemini judge) | 34.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GDP.pdf w/ Python (Gemini judge) | 85.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PerceptionBench | 68.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K3.1 Pro public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 28.1 (Estimated · #162/187)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 94.2% | 75.6% | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| GPQA-D | 94.2% | 75.6% | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| HLE | 70% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 51.1% | 10.5% | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| Kimi Hallu Bench | 5.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 81.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K3.1 Pro public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 71.4 (#74/153)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 72.9% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Kimi K3.1 Pro or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4?

Kimi K3.1 Pro has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### How many benchmarks does Kimi K3.1 Pro cover on BenchLM?

Kimi K3.1 Pro currently has 42 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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