Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Qwen3 30B A3B (Reasoning)

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Qwen3 30B A3B (Reasoning). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

NVIDIANemotron 3.5 LightningOff the frontier
Intelligence
12.90
Total cost
$92.8
AlibabaQwen3 30B A3B (Reasoning)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
7.60
Total cost
-
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricNemotron 3.5 LightningQwen3 30B A3B (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)12.97.6−41.1% Qwen3 30B A3B (Reason… is 41.1% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$92.76Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)8.97s18.51s+106.4% Qwen3 30B A3B (Reason… is 106.4% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.06 / $0.20$0.14 / $0.55
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