Nemotron 3 SupervsNemotron 3.5 Lightning
Nemotron 3 Super | 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. | 120B | 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 | 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. | 60.5% | 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. | 79.2% | 75.4% |
| BenchmarksPublished by one model only | ||
AA Intelligence IndexOverall intelligence — Artificial Analysis composite intelligence index across evals | 36 | — |
| Overview | ||
| Company | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Release date | Mar 11 2026 | Aug 11 2026 |
| Access | Open Source | Open Source |
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Frequently asked questions
Nemotron 3 Super leads Nemotron 3.5 Lightning on 2 of the 2 benchmarks they both report (SWE-Bench Verified, GPQA Diamond). Nemotron 3 Super shipped 153 days before Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Nemotron 3 Super has 120B parameters, while Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 30B. Context windows are 1M (Nemotron 3 Super) vs 1M (Nemotron 3.5 Lightning).
On SWE-Bench Verified, Nemotron 3 Super leads at 60.5% vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning at 51.6%. On GPQA Diamond, Nemotron 3 Super leads at 79.2% vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning at 75.4%.
Nemotron 3 Super was released by NVIDIA on Mar 11 2026.
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning was released by NVIDIA on Aug 11 2026.
Nemotron 3 Super leads on SWE-Bench Verified — Nemotron 3 Super 60.5% vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 51.6%.
Nemotron 3 Super leads on GPQA Diamond — Nemotron 3 Super 79.2% vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 75.4%.
Nemotron 3 Super has a 1M context window; Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 1M.