# Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B 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-e4b-bf16-vs-nemotron-3-5-lightning-30b-a3b-nvfp4
- Last updated: October 23, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4.

## Summary

- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 64K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 24.8 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 19 | 13 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 14.9 (Estimated · #119/132)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v3 | 68.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| When2Call Multi-Turn | 63.36% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ToolSandbox | 68.77% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | 55.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| RelyToolBench | 63.16% | 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
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 14.7 (Estimated · #138/153)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B 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: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 public-lane score: 29 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 58.8 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| RULER (64K) | 86.99% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LongMemEval | 72.10% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | 50.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 28.1 (Estimated · #162/187)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GaRAGe | 42.61% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| RAGTruth (provider reports) | 77.59% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 71.4 (#74/153)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MultiChallenge (provider reports) | 53.10% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Brevity Benchmark | 82.52% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| RoleBench | 67.05% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| RoleMRC | 80.63% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IHEval | 84.79% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AgentIF | 25.81% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| InverseIFEval | 46.84% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| StructEval-T | 80.40% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SysBench | 67.88% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 72.9% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

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