Nemotron 3.5 LightningvsQwen-7B
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen-7B | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 7B |
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 | 2k |
| BenchmarksPublished by one model only | ||
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. | 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. | 75.4% | — |
| Overview | ||
| Company | NVIDIA | Qwen |
| Release date | Aug 11 2026 | Aug 3 2023 |
| Access | Open Source | Open Weight |
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Frequently asked questions
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and Qwen-7B don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Qwen-7B shipped 1104 days before Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 30B parameters, while Qwen-7B has 7B. Context windows are 1M (Nemotron 3.5 Lightning) vs 2k (Qwen-7B). Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is open source, while Qwen-7B is open weight.
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and Qwen-7B don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning was released by NVIDIA on Aug 11 2026.
Qwen-7B was released by Qwen on Aug 3 2023.
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has a 1M context window; Qwen-7B has 2k.
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is an open source model released by NVIDIA. Qwen-7B is an open weight model released by Qwen.