# Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 vs Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe 30B A4B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 and Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe 30B A4B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/nemotron-3-5-lightning-30b-a3b-nvfp4-vs-nemotron-3-5-transcribe-30b-a4b
- Last updated: October 29, 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 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 and Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe 30B A4B.

## Summary

- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 and Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe 30B A4B 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 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe 30B A4B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 64K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 26.37 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 13 | 0 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 19.8 (Estimated · #124/135)
- Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe 30B A4B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe 30B A4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 23.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PinchBench | 83.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 36.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 9.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 18 (Estimated · #138/156)
- Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe 30B A4B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe 30B A4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 52.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 36.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 23.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | 31.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 58.8 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe 30B A4B public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 29.4 (Estimated · #154/179)
- Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe 30B A4B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe 30B A4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 75.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 75.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 10.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 81.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 71.4 (#77/157)
- Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe 30B A4B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe 30B A4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 72.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 and Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe 30B A4B 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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