# Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 vs SWE-2 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 and SWE-2 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/nemotron-3-5-lightning-30b-a3b-nvfp4-vs-swe-2-flash
- Last updated: November 5, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 and SWE-2 Flash share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- SWE-2 Flash has the lower published output-token price.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | SWE-2 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | NVIDIA | Cognition |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 26.39 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 13 | 7 |
| 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: 20.1 (Estimated · #121/135)
- SWE-2 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | SWE-2 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 23.5% | 89.2% | SWE-2 Flash |
| 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 4.0 | Coming soon | 20.00% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 18.8 (Estimated · #139/156)
- SWE-2 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | SWE-2 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 52.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 36.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 23.5% | 89.2% | SWE-2 Flash |
| SciCode | 31.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | Coming soon | 45.5% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 60.1% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Atlas Codebase QnA | Coming soon | 50.0% | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 2.0 | Coming soon | 24.0% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 58.8 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- SWE-2 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 30.3 (Estimated · #152/177)
- SWE-2 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | SWE-2 Flash | 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)
- SWE-2 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | SWE-2 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 72.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 and SWE-2 Flash?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, 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.

## Related Comparisons

- [Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 vs SWE-1.7](/compare/nemotron-3-5-lightning-30b-a3b-nvfp4-vs-swe-1-7)
- [SWE-2 Flash vs SWE-1.7](/compare/swe-1-7-vs-swe-2-flash)
- [Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 vs SWE-2](/compare/nemotron-3-5-lightning-30b-a3b-nvfp4-vs-swe-2)
- [SWE-2 Flash vs SWE-2](/compare/swe-2-vs-swe-2-flash)

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- [Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 profile](/models/nemotron-3-5-lightning-30b-a3b-nvfp4)
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