# Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 vs Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 and Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/nemotron-3-5-lightning-30b-a3b-nvfp4-vs-qwen3-6-max-preview
- Last updated: September 24, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 and Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | NVIDIA | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 19.1 | 54.97 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 13 | 10 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 7.3 (Estimated · #104/105)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | 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 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 65.4% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 59.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 11.4 (Estimated · #135/135)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 46.9 (Supported · #44/135)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | 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% | 47% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 57.3% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 42.9% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 65.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 72.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 55.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) 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)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | 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 |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 73.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 68.5 (#67/124)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | 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
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 41.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 23.103% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 4.167% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 and Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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