Claude 3 OpusvsNemotron 3.5 Lightning
Claude 3 Opus | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Specifications | ||
ParametersA rough measure of how big the model is. More parameters usually means more capable and more expensive to run, though it is a poor guide on its own — a smaller, newer model often beats a larger, older one. | — | 30B |
Context windowHow much text the model can hold in mind at once — your question, any documents you attach, the conversation so far, and its own reply. Go past it and the earliest part falls out of view. | — | 1M |
| API pricingUSD per 1M tokens · lower wins | ||
Cheapest inputLowest input rate across third-party providers, excluding the lab itself. The cheapest endpoint may run a quantised build or a shorter context — see "Available from" on the model page. | — | $0.065Darkbloom |
Cheapest outputLowest output rate across third-party providers, excluding the lab itself. May come from a different provider than the cheapest input. | — | $0.18Darkbloom |
| Benchmarks | ||
SWE-Bench VerifiedCoding — Real coding tasks pulled from open-source projects — the AI has to find and fix actual bugs. A human-checked version of the original SWE-Bench. Higher is better. | 33% | 51.6% |
GPQA DiamondScience — Graduate-level science questions in biology, physics, and chemistry — hard enough that subject-matter PhDs score around 65%. Higher is better. | 50.4% | 75.4% |
| Overview | ||
| Company | Anthropic | NVIDIA |
| Release date | Mar 4 2024 | Aug 11 2026 |
| Access | Proprietary | Open Source |
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Frequently asked questions
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads Claude 3 Opus on 2 of the 2 benchmarks they both report (SWE-Bench Verified, GPQA Diamond). Claude 3 Opus shipped 890 days before Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Claude 3 Opus is proprietary, while Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is open source.
On SWE-Bench Verified, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads at 51.6% vs Claude 3 Opus at 33%. On GPQA Diamond, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads at 75.4% vs Claude 3 Opus at 50.4%.