Model comparison
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Qwen3.7 Flash
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and Qwen3.7 Flash score almost the same on the Noometry Index (40.0 vs 39.9), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
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NVIDIA
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.7 Flash leads 48.9 to 37.5.
- Qwen3.7 Flash is cheaper at $0.03 / $0.13 per million input/output tokens, against $0.05 / $0.20 for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning.
- Qwen3.7 Flash accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen3.7 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 40.0 | 39.9 |
| Released | 2026-08-11 | 2026-07-15 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | 1M |
| Max output | 262K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.05 | $0.03 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.20 | $0.13 |
| Results tracked | 18 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 40.4 (#141), Qwen3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1375 | — |
Reasoning Qwen3.7 Flash leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 26.8 (#127), Qwen3.7 Flash: 28.2 (#108)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 43.8% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 23% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1337 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 15% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 144.64 |
Math Too close to call
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#155), Qwen3.7 Flash: 38.3 (#140)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 19.3% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| LMArena Math | 1359 | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.7 Flash leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#154), Qwen3.7 Flash: 48.9 (#75)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 82.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1356 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#180), Qwen3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1295 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1359 | — |
| LMArena French | 1366 | — |
| LMArena German | 1282 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1206 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1238 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1253 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1345 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.6 (#170), Qwen3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1318 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#165), Qwen3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1314 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#201), Qwen3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Qwen3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1327 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1254 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1280 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1328 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better than Qwen3.7 Flash?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and Qwen3.7 Flash score almost the same on the Noometry Index (40.0 vs 39.9), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning or Qwen3.7 Flash?
Qwen3.7 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.03 per million input tokens and $0.13 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3.5 Lightning lists at $0.05 and $0.20.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3.7 Flash does, with 1M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and Qwen3.7 Flash share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Flash has 7.