Gemini 2.5 ProvsNemotron 3.5 Lightning
Gemini 2.5 Pro | 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 · base tier | ||
Input priceWhat you pay for everything you send the model — your question, plus any documents or earlier conversation you include with it. | $1.25 | — |
Output priceWhat you pay for the text the model writes back. It is normally the dearer half: producing an answer costs more than reading one. | $10.00 | — |
Cached input priceA reduced rate for text you send over and over. If every request starts with the same instructions or the same document, the provider keeps a copy ready and charges less to read it again. | $0.125 | — |
| 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. | 59.6% | 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. | 86.4% | 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. | 20% | — |
MMMUMultimodal — Tests the AI on understanding images and text together across many college subjects. Higher is better. | 68% | — |
| Overview | ||
| Company | NVIDIA | |
| Release date | Mar 25 2025 | Aug 11 2026 |
| Access | Proprietary | Open Source |
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Frequently asked questions
Gemini 2.5 Pro leads Nemotron 3.5 Lightning on 2 of the 2 benchmarks they both report (SWE-Bench Verified, GPQA Diamond). Only Gemini 2.5 Pro has a verified first-party API price: $1.25 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens. No pay-as-you-go API rate is tracked for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning. Gemini 2.5 Pro shipped 504 days before Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Gemini 2.5 Pro is proprietary, while Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is open source.
On SWE-Bench Verified, Gemini 2.5 Pro leads at 59.6% vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning at 51.6%. On GPQA Diamond, Gemini 2.5 Pro leads at 86.4% vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning at 75.4%.
Gemini 2.5 Pro was released by Google on Mar 25 2025.
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning was released by NVIDIA on Aug 11 2026.
Gemini 2.5 Pro leads on SWE-Bench Verified — Gemini 2.5 Pro 59.6% vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 51.6%.
Gemini 2.5 Pro leads on GPQA Diamond — Gemini 2.5 Pro 86.4% vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 75.4%.
Only Gemini 2.5 Pro has a verified first-party API price: $1.25 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens. No pay-as-you-go API rate is tracked for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning. Rates are pay-as-you-go API prices verified on August 18, 2026.
Gemini 2.5 Pro is a proprietary model released by Google. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is an open source model released by NVIDIA.