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AI model rankingsLanguageNemotron 3.5 Lightning

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

NVIDIA Released August 2026

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#86 smartest of 89 #4 fastest #1 cheapest Updated Nov 1, 2026, 01:25 AM UTC

At a glance

How Nemotron 3.5 Lightning compares with the other 88 ranked language models.

  • Better for simple tasks. Ranked #86 of 89 on the overall intelligence score, ahead of 3% of models.

  • Fast writer. Writes about 213 words per second, faster than 97% of models.

  • Short wait before answering. You wait about 7.4 sec before the answer starts.

  • Cheap to use. $0.10 per million tokens, cheaper than 100% of models.

Model details

Made by
NVIDIA
Model family
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Released
August 2026 · 3 months ago
Input price
$0.06 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.20 / 1M tokens
Value for money
#15 of 84
Tests with scores
6 of 8

Good for

  • Fast, live repliesWrites about 213 words per second
  • Large volumes on a budgetOnly $0.10 per million tokens

Not ideal for

  • Complex reasoningScores in the bottom quarter overall
  • Autonomous agentsWeak on multi-step computer tasks

Intelligence

6

overall score

#86 of 89typical 30

Coding

–

coding score

typical –

Speed

284

tokens per second

#4 of 89typical 91

Wait

7.4 sec

before it replies

#24 of 79typical 16s

Price

$0.10

per 1M tokens

#1 of 84typical $2.00

Test results

Scores on individual tests that make up the intelligence score. The faint line marks the best score of any model.

  • Humanity's Last Exam

    Very hard expert questions across many subjects

    11%#82 of 86typical 42%
  • GPQA Diamond

    PhD-level biology, physics and chemistry questions

    74%#34 of 36typical 90%
  • SciCode

    Writing code to solve science research problems

    32%#84 of 86typical 53%
  • Long documents

    Finding and reasoning over facts in very long texts

    60%#81 of 87typical 80%
  • Terminal-Bench

    Doing real tasks on a computer by itself, like an agent

    1%#80 of 89typical 31%
  • Customer support

    Helping bank customers as a support agent using tools

    9%#31 of 34typical 39%

Where it ranks on intelligence

This model next to the models closest to it. Click another bar to open that model.

What would it cost?

Through the API, at the listed price. Chat apps usually charge a monthly plan instead.

  • 1,000 chat replies

    a question and a ~350-word answer, 1,000 times

    $0.16
  • Summarise a 100-page report

    about 50,000 words in, a one-page summary out

    $0.004
  • Write a 2,000-word article

    a short brief in, a long article out

    $0.0006

Input, per 1M tokens

$0.06

Output, per 1M tokens

$0.20

How long do answers take?

Median times measured through the API.

Before the answer starts7.4 sec
Writing speed≈ 213 words / sec
A full 500-word answer9.8 sec

1 token is about ¾ of a word. Speeds change with server load, so treat these as typical, not guaranteed.

Similar models

Other companies' models with the closest intelligence score.

  • Command A+

    Cohere

    6

    intelligence

    –

    per 1M

    175

    tokens/s

  • Muse Glimmer

    MetaHigh

    6

    intelligence

    $0.53

    per 1M

    118

    tokens/s

  • I

    Granite 4.2 3B

    IBM

    5

    intelligence

    –

    per 1M

    0

    tokens/s

  • Mistral Small 4

    MistralReasoning

    4

    intelligence

    $0.26

    per 1M

    176

    tokens/s

  • Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

    Google

    12

    intelligence

    $0.85

    per 1M

    403

    tokens/s

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  • Nemotron 3.5 Super VL

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    14

    intelligence

    $0.28

    per 1M

    448

    tokens/s

  • Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B

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    12

    intelligence

    $1.13

    per 1M

    156

    tokens/s

  • NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B

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    2

    intelligence

    –

    per 1M

    0

    tokens/s

Questions people ask

Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning a good AI model?
On the overall intelligence score it ranks #86 of 89 (score 6; the typical model scores 30). It stands out for fast, live replies, large volumes on a budget.
How much does Nemotron 3.5 Lightning cost?
Through the API it costs $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens. In everyday terms, 1,000 chat replies cost about $0.16. Chat apps that use it usually charge a monthly plan instead.
How fast is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?
It writes about 213 words per second, and you wait about 7.4 sec before the answer starts. A full 500-word answer takes roughly 9.8 sec.
What are good alternatives to Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?
Models with a similar score include Command A+ by Cohere, Muse Glimmer by Meta, Granite 4.2 3B by IBM.

Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis, an independent benchmarking company. Rankings refresh every few hours.