# LFM2.5-8B-A1B vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for LFM2.5-8B-A1B and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/lfm2-5-8b-a1b-vs-nemotron-3-5-lightning-30b-a3b-nvfp4
- Last updated: September 24, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: LFM2.5-8B-A1B and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is 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 larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | LiquidAI | NVIDIA |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 31.87 | 19.1 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 7 | 13 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 7.3 (Estimated · #104/105)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | 49.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | 88.1% | 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: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 11.4 (Estimated · #135/135)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | 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: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: 22.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 55.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: 27.2 (Supported · #144/158)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 20.7 (Estimated · #154/158)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| 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
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: 35.4 (#108/124)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 68.5 (#67/124)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 91.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | 56.5% | 72.9% | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B public-lane score: 17.3 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-8B-A1B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MATH-500 | 88.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | 42.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | 50.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between LFM2.5-8B-A1B and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, 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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