# Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/ling-3-0-flash-fp8-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 Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 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

- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 leads overall 56 to 19.1.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 69.7 for Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 and 68.5 for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SciCode in Coding, with scores of 40.4% and 31.4%.
- 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.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | InclusionAI | NVIDIA |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 1M |
| Overall Score | null | 19.1 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 4 | 13 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 7.3 (Estimated · #104/105)

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| 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
- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 11.4 (Estimated · #135/135)

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SciCode | 40.4% | 31.4% | Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 |
| 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 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 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
- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 20.7 (Estimated · #154/158)

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 84% | 75.6% | Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 |
| GPQA-D | 84.0% | 75.6% | Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 10.5% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 81.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Ling 3.0 Flash FP8
- Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 public-lane score: 69.7 (#65/124)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 68.5 (#67/124)

| Benchmark | Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 73.4% | 72.9% | Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4?

Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 69.7 for Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 and 68.5 for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4.

### How many benchmarks does Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 cover on BenchLM?

Ling 3.0 Flash FP8 currently has 4 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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