Nemotron 3.5 LightningvsQwen3.6-Plus
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen3.6-Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | — | $0.50 |
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. | — | $3.00 |
Cheapest inputLowest input rate across third-party providers, excluding the lab itself. The cheapest endpoint may run a quantised build or a shorter context — see "Available from" on the model page. | $0.10CoreWeave | — |
Cheapest outputLowest output rate across third-party providers, excluding the lab itself. May come from a different provider than the cheapest input. | $0.25CoreWeave | — |
| 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. | 51.6% | 78.8% |
| 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. | — | 72% |
Humanity's Last Exam · with toolsMultidisciplinary reasoning — Humanity's Last Exam — extremely hard expert questions across many subjects. “With tools” means the AI is allowed to search the web or run code while answering. Higher is better. | — | 28.8% |
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 | Apr 2 2026 |
| Access | Open Source | Proprietary |
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Frequently asked questions
Qwen3.6-Plus leads Nemotron 3.5 Lightning on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (SWE-Bench Verified). Only Qwen3.6-Plus has a verified first-party API price: $0.50 per million input tokens and $3.00 per million output tokens. No pay-as-you-go API rate is tracked for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning. Qwen3.6-Plus shipped 131 days before Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is open source, while Qwen3.6-Plus is proprietary.
On SWE-Bench Verified, Qwen3.6-Plus leads at 78.8% vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning at 51.6%.
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning was released by NVIDIA on Aug 11 2026.
Qwen3.6-Plus was released by Qwen on Apr 2 2026.
Qwen3.6-Plus leads on SWE-Bench Verified — Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 51.6% vs Qwen3.6-Plus 78.8%.
Only Qwen3.6-Plus has a verified first-party API price: $0.50 per million input tokens and $3.00 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.
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is an open source model released by NVIDIA. Qwen3.6-Plus is a proprietary model released by Qwen.