Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Solar Pro 3
Which is better for the money: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning by NVIDIA or Solar Pro 3 by Upstage? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Solar Pro 3 vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.5% less intelligence, 71.6% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 110.4% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Solar Pro 3 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 12.9 | 7.8 | −39.5% Solar Pro 3 is 39.5% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $92.76 | $159.22 | +71.6% Solar Pro 3 is 71.6% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 8.98s | 18.89s | +110.4% Solar Pro 3 is 110.4% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.06 / $0.20 | $0.15 / $0.60 | |
| Input modalities | Text | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Xhigh) scores 34.60 for $66.8.
- Solar Pro 3 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) scores 41.20 for $158.
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