# Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 vs Beam

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/nemotron-3-5-lightning-30b-a3b-nvfp4-vs-reflection-beam
- Last updated: October 5, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 9
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 has the higher overall point estimate 20.09 to 0. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Agentic, with scores of 23.5% and 80.1%.
- Beam is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Beam |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | NVIDIA | Reflection AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Pending |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | null |
| Overall Score | 20.09 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 13 | 16 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 8.3 (Estimated · #113/119)
- Beam public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Beam | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 23.5% | 80.1% | Beam |
| PinchBench | 83.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 36.8% | 77.4% | Beam |
| τ³-bench results | 9.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 78.7% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 80.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 11.5 (Estimated · #140/144)
- Beam public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Beam | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 52.8% | 80.9% | Beam |
| SWE Multilingual | 36.5% | 78% | Beam |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 23.5% | 80.1% | Beam |
| SciCode | 31.4% | 49.7% | Beam |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 44.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 65.5% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Atlas Codebase QnA | Coming soon | 34.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 56 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Beam public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Beam | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 65.5% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 22.8 (Estimated · #163/171)
- Beam public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Beam | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 75.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 75.6% | 90.5% | Beam |
| HLE w/o tools | 10.5% | 36.2% | Beam |
| MMLU-Pro | 81.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 67.8 (#67/125)
- Beam public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Beam | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 72.9% | 79.7% | Beam |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Beam public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Beam | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 97.8% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 or Beam?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### How many benchmarks does Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 cover on BenchLM?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 currently has 13 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Beam cover on BenchLM?

Beam currently has 16 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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