Claude 3.5 SonnetvsNemotron 3.5 Lightning
Claude 3.5 Sonnet | 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 |
| 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. | 33.4% | 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. | 59.4% | 75.4% |
| BenchmarksPublished by one model only | ||
BullshitBench v2Nonsense detection — Given a confidently-worded but nonsensical prompt, does the AI spot that it makes no sense and push back — instead of playing along and inventing an answer? The score is how often it clearly called out the nonsense. Higher is better. | 45% | — |
| Overview | ||
| Company | Anthropic | NVIDIA |
| Release date | Jun 20 2024 | Aug 11 2026 |
| Access | Proprietary | Open Source |
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Frequently asked questions
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads Claude 3.5 Sonnet on 2 of the 2 benchmarks they both report (SWE-Bench Verified, GPQA Diamond). Claude 3.5 Sonnet shipped 782 days before Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is proprietary, while Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is open source.
On SWE-Bench Verified, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads at 51.6% vs Claude 3.5 Sonnet at 33.4%. On GPQA Diamond, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads at 75.4% vs Claude 3.5 Sonnet at 59.4%.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet was released by Anthropic on Jun 20 2024.
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning was released by NVIDIA on Aug 11 2026.
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads on SWE-Bench Verified — Claude 3.5 Sonnet 33.4% vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 51.6%.
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads on GPQA Diamond — Claude 3.5 Sonnet 59.4% vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 75.4%.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is a proprietary model released by Anthropic. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is an open source model released by NVIDIA.