# LFM3-1.7B vs Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for LFM3-1.7B and Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/lfm3-1-7b-vs-nemotron-3-5-bolt-e4b
- Last updated: October 27, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: LFM3-1.7B and Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B 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 Bolt E4B has the lower published output-token price.
- LFM3-1.7B has the larger published context window at 256K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | LFM3-1.7B | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | LiquidAI | NVIDIA |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 64K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 22.99 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 24 | 19 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 14.4 (Estimated · #123/134)
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM3-1.7B | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AutomationBench | 41.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | 71.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 68.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | 38.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 32.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ToolSandbox | 80.36% | 74.13% | LFM3-1.7B |
| Claw-Eval | 68.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 13.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 12.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveClaw | 45.60% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v3 | Coming soon | 67.3% | Coming soon |
| When2Call Multi-Turn | Coming soon | 60.50% | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | Coming soon | 52.3% | Coming soon |
| RelyToolBench | Coming soon | 69.29% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 13 (Estimated · #142/155)
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM3-1.7B | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SciCode | 28.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 43.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 23% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 12.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 73.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | 31.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 61.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B public-lane score: 22.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | LFM3-1.7B | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| RULER (128K) | 65.56% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| RULER (64K) | Coming soon | 85.76% | Coming soon |
| LongMemEval | Coming soon | 69.92% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 48.7% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 25.5 (Estimated · #175/189)
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM3-1.7B | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 63.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 63.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 7.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GaRAGe | Coming soon | 40.73% | Coming soon |
| RAGTruth (provider reports) | Coming soon | 77.88% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 71.7 (#76/156)
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B public-lane score: 0 (#155/156)

| Benchmark | LFM3-1.7B | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 96.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | 73.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Multi-IF | 89.10% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFStruct | 93.72% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MultiChallenge (provider reports) | Coming soon | 55.60% | Coming soon |
| Brevity Benchmark | Coming soon | 82.84% | Coming soon |
| RoleBench | Coming soon | 71.21% | Coming soon |
| RoleMRC | Coming soon | 79.12% | Coming soon |
| IHEval | Coming soon | 82.40% | Coming soon |
| AgentIF | Coming soon | 22.95% | Coming soon |
| InverseIFEval | Coming soon | 45.26% | Coming soon |
| StructEval-T | Coming soon | 79.99% | Coming soon |
| SysBench | Coming soon | 67.22% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between LFM3-1.7B and Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B?

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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