# Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/nemotron-3-5-bolt-74b-a9b-bf16-vs-nemotron-3-5-lightning-30b-a3b-nvfp4
- Last updated: October 16, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 has the higher overall point estimate 60 to 25.51. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 72.1 for Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 and 59.6 for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is BrowseComp in Agentic, with scores of 70% 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.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 1M |
| Overall Score | null | 25.51 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 8 | 13 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 15.3 (Estimated · #114/128)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 53.9% | 23.5% | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 |
| τ³-bench results | 17.0% | 9.5% | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 |
| BrowseComp | 70% | 36.8% | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 |
| PinchBench | 90.3% | 83.4% | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 |
| MCP Atlas | 55.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WebArena | 50.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 15.3 (Estimated · #133/150)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | 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
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: 72.1 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 59.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 29.2 (Estimated · #158/184)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 88.8% | 75.6% | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 |
| HLE w/o tools | 28.7% | 10.5% | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 75.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 81.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 71.4 (#71/148)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 72.9% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 72.1 for Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 and 59.6 for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4.

### How many benchmarks does Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 cover on BenchLM?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 currently has 8 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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