# LFM2.5-230M vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for LFM2.5-230M and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/lfm2-5-230m-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 LFM2.5-230M 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

- LFM2.5-230M leads overall 34 to 19.1.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 10.4 for LFM2.5-230M and 68.5 for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is MMLU-Pro in Knowledge, with scores of 20.3% and 81.6%.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | LFM2.5-230M | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | LiquidAI | NVIDIA |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 32K | 1M |
| Overall Score | null | 19.1 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 6 | 13 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- LFM2.5-230M public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 7.3 (Estimated · #104/105)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-230M | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | 21.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 23.5% | 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: Not comparable
- LFM2.5-230M public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 11.4 (Estimated · #135/135)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-230M | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| 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
- LFM2.5-230M public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 55.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- LFM2.5-230M public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 20.7 (Estimated · #154/158)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-230M | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 25.4% | 75.6% | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 |
| GPQA-D | 25.4% | 75.6% | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 |
| MMLU-Pro | 20.3% | 81.6% | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 10.5% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
- LFM2.5-230M public-lane score: 10.4 (#123/124)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 68.5 (#67/124)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-230M | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 71.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | 38.4% | 72.9% | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, LFM2.5-230M or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4?

LFM2.5-230M is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between LFM2.5-230M and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 10.4 for LFM2.5-230M and 68.5 for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4.

### How many benchmarks does LFM2.5-230M cover on BenchLM?

LFM2.5-230M currently has 6 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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