# Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 vs Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 and Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/nemotron-3-5-lightning-30b-a3b-nvfp4-vs-qwen3-235b-2507-reasoning
- 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 Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning).

## Summary

- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 and Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) 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 | Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | NVIDIA | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 19.1 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 13 | 2 |
| 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)
- Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) | 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)
- Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) | 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)
- Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) 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)
- Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) | 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)
- Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 72.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) public-lane score: 30 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 8.481% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 0.000% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 and Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) 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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