# Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 vs Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 and Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/nemotron-3-5-lightning-30b-a3b-nvfp4-vs-qwen2-5-coder-32b-instruct
- Last updated: September 24, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 and Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct.

## Summary

- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 and Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct 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 | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | NVIDIA | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 19.1 | 27.12 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 13 | 0 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 7.3 (Estimated · #104/105)
- Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | 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: 11.4 (Estimated · #135/135)
- Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | 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: 55.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 20.7 (Estimated · #154/158)
- Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct public-lane score: 28.4 (Estimated · #140/158)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | 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: 68.5 (#67/124)
- Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 72.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 and Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct 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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- [Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 profile](/models/nemotron-3-5-lightning-30b-a3b-nvfp4)
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