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Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
See how this model performed in tests and what it could cost for your tasks.
Thinking setting tested: source default · thinking budget unspecified.
Data reviewed · LiveBench question set: 25 June 2026 · View every source ↗ · Download the data ↓
Add to a custom comparison ↗Results by type of task
Explain these tests ↗| Reasoning | 42.9 / 100 |
|---|---|
| Coding | 45.8 / 100 |
| Agentic coding | 19.9 / 100 |
| Mathematics | 66.5 / 100 |
| Data analysis | 43.1 / 100 |
| Language | 38.3 / 100 |
| Instruction following | 54.9 / 100 |
What the evidence says
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores 44.5 on LiveBench, averaging its seven task categories equally. Its highest measured category is mathematics (66.5); its lowest is agentic coding (19.9). Categories differ in difficulty, so these are test results, not universal strengths or weaknesses.
Our General agent profile produces an Agent Fit score of 41.6 by emphasizing reasoning, instruction following, agentic coding, coding and data analysis. See the exact weights or adjust the profile in the interactive comparison.
How people rated its answers
We have not confirmed an Arena result for this exact version and thinking setting, so we leave Evidence Consensus blank. A result for another version or setting could be misleading.
API features to verify
The catalog lists tool-calling support and does not list image input. These are declared features, not evaluations of tool accuracy or visual understanding.
Weights are publicly available for this model family. Review the exact model license and serving requirements before deployment. Hosted API costs below are not self-hosting estimates.
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning API pricing
Input is what you send to the model; output is what it produces, including charged thinking tokens. Prices are per million tokens, the small pieces of text the model processes.
Direct/source price observed 2026-10-16; catalog offer rechecked 2026-10-16. Older observations remain dated until verified again.
At the baseline of 1,000 calls, 10,000 input tokens and 2,000 billed output tokens per call, the text API estimate is $1.1. Reasoning belongs in billed output. Caching, tools, retries, long-context premiums, service tiers, hosting and taxes are excluded.
Trace this model to the source
- LiveBench row ID
nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b- Question-set release
- 2026-06-25 · Source CSV ↗
- Catalog ID
- nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning ↗
- Arena configuration
- No verified matching observation
- Reviewed snapshot
- 2026-10-16
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