Nemotron 3.5 LightningvsQwen2
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 72B |
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 | 128k |
| 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 | Jun 6 2024 |
| Access | Open Source | Open Weight |
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Frequently asked questions
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and Qwen2 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Qwen2 shipped 796 days before Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 30B parameters, while Qwen2 has 72B. Context windows are 1M (Nemotron 3.5 Lightning) vs 128k (Qwen2). Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is open source, while Qwen2 is open weight.
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and Qwen2 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning was released by NVIDIA on Aug 11 2026.
Qwen2 was released by Qwen on Jun 6 2024.
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has a 1M context window; Qwen2 has 128k.
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is an open source model released by NVIDIA. Qwen2 is an open weight model released by Qwen.