# Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B vs Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B and Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/nemotron-3-5-bolt-e4b-vs-nemotron-3-5-bolt-e4b-bf16
- Last updated: October 23, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 19
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 leads overall 43 to 39.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 22.6 for Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B and 29 for Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is RelyToolBench in Agentic, with scores of 69.29% and 63.16%.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 64K | 64K |
| Overall Score | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 19 | 19 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v3 | 67.3% | 68.5% | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 |
| When2Call Multi-Turn | 60.50% | 63.36% | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 |
| ToolSandbox | 74.13% | 68.77% | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B |
| τ²-bench results | 52.3% | 55.1% | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 |
| RelyToolBench | 69.29% | 63.16% | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B public-lane score: 22.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 public-lane score: 29 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| RULER (64K) | 85.76% | 86.99% | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 |
| LongMemEval | 69.92% | 72.10% | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 |
| LongBench v2 | 48.7% | 50.5% | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GaRAGe | 40.73% | 42.61% | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 |
| RAGTruth (provider reports) | 77.88% | 77.59% | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B public-lane score: 0 (#152/153)
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MultiChallenge (provider reports) | 55.60% | 53.10% | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B |
| Brevity Benchmark | 82.84% | 82.52% | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B |
| RoleBench | 71.21% | 67.05% | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B |
| RoleMRC | 79.12% | 80.63% | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 |
| IHEval | 82.40% | 84.79% | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 |
| AgentIF | 22.95% | 25.81% | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 |
| InverseIFEval | 45.26% | 46.84% | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 |
| StructEval-T | 79.99% | 80.40% | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 |
| SysBench | 67.22% | 67.88% | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B or Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B and Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 22.6 for Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B and 29 for Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16.

### How many benchmarks does Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B cover on BenchLM?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B currently has 19 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 cover on BenchLM?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B BF16 currently has 19 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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