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Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
5 Lightning is an open 30B mixture-of-experts (MoE) model with ~3B active parameters, built for high-throughput specialized task execution in long-running / always-on agents.
Updated Aug 17, 2026. Default version: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)
LLMBoard Score37.3Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)
Coverage80%13 benchmark families
Context window262.1KTokens
Official input priceN/AOfficial price unavailable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning Capability Profile
This profile uses the model's current scored version. Arena ratings and prices are shown separately.
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning Benchmark Results
Benchmark scores for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B).
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Benchmark | Score | Rank | Participants | Percentile | Evidence | Evaluated |
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| BenchmarkPinchBench | Score85.4% | Rank02 | Participants6 | Percentile80.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkOmniScience | Score17.5% | Rank03 | Participants3 | Percentile0.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkTau3 Banking | Score9.3% | Rank06 | Participants7 | Percentile16.7% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkAA-LCR | Score52.0% | Rank16 | Participants18 | Percentile11.8% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkIFBench | Score71.9% | Rank17 | Participants34 | Percentile51.5% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkSciCode | Score32.6% | Rank21 | Participants21 | Percentile0.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkTerminal-Bench 2.1 | Score24.6% | Rank28 | Participants28 | Percentile0.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkSWE-bench Multilingual | Score39.3% | Rank36 | Participants38 | Percentile5.4% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkMMLU-Pro | Score81.9% | Rank43 | Participants134 | Percentile68.4% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkBrowseComp | Score37.0% | Rank56 | Participants62 | Percentile9.8% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkHumanity's Last Exam | Score11.7% | Rank84 | Participants99 | Percentile15.3% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkSWE-Bench Verified | Score51.6% | Rank94 | Participants111 | Percentile15.4% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkGPQA | Score75.4% | Rank107 | Participants239 | Percentile55.5% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning Arena Results
Preference and agent-evaluation results for the default version.
No Arena results
The default version does not have a matching Arena result yet.
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning Pricing
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- Tracked offerings
- 0
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The default version has no current input or output token prices.
Official prices use only the vendor's configured official Provider and positive standard USD PAYG rates. Third-party offers remain explicitly labeled.
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning Runtime Performance
Provider-specific output speed and catalog latency for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B). Runtime does not affect the capability score.
No runtime data
Browse runtime rankingsNo provider-specific speed or latency record is linked to the default version yet.
Output Speed is generated output tokens received per second. Catalog latency is reported separately from observed provider TTFT.
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning Specifications
Technical details for the model's default version.
- Version
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)
- Released
- Aug 11, 2026
- Knowledge cutoff
- Unknown
- Parameters
- 30B
- Context window
- 262.1K
- Max output
- 262.1K
- Inputs
- text
- Outputs
- text
- Open weights
- Yes
- License
- OpenMDW License v1.1
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning Versions
Available versions of this model. The score column identifies the version used in the overall ranking.
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Version | Released | LLMBoard | Parameters | Context | Max output | Open weights | License |
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| VersionNemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B) | Released | LLMBoard37.3 | Parameters30B | Context262.1K | Max output262.1K | Open weightsYes | LicenseOpenMDW License v1.1 |
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What is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?
Key information about Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and its available data.
5 Lightning is an open 30B mixture-of-experts (MoE) model with ~3B active parameters, built for high-throughput specialized task execution in long-running / always-on agents.
It ships with speculative decoding (MTP, DFlash, DSpark), NVFP4 and BF16 checkpoints, and is designed to pair with NVIDIA NeMo Switchyard for routing execution work alongside frontier planners. 1.
Data as of 2026-08-17.
FAQ
Common questions about Nemotron 3.5 Lightning.
When was Nemotron 3.5 Lightning released?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning's default version was released on Aug 11, 2026.
How much does Nemotron 3.5 Lightning cost?
No official standard PAYG price is currently available for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning.
Who created Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning was created by NVIDIA.
What is the context window for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?
The default version has a 262.1K token context window.
Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning open weight?
Yes. The default version is marked as open weight under OpenMDW License v1.1.
How many API providers offer Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?
No provider offering is currently linked to the default version.
What models should I compare Nemotron 3.5 Lightning with?
Nearby ranked alternatives include GLM 4.7 Flash, Claude Sonnet 3.7, Gemma 4 12B.