Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
By NVIDIA · released 2026-08-11 (2 months) · 1 effort level
Missed the frontier at launchOff the frontier todayopen weights
- Intelligence index
- 12.90
- Cost to run the AA index
- $92.8
- Price per 1M tokens (in / out)
- $0.06 / $0.20
Today
Where Nemotron 3.5 Lightning stands on the 2026-10-25 frontier
No measured level is on the frontier today.
| Level | Input modalities | Intelligence | Cost | E2E | Today | Matchup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Text | 12.90 | $92.8 | 9.12s | beaten by GPT-6 Luna (Xhigh) | Compare |
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning effort levelsToday's Pareto frontierOpen-weights frontierEvery other model
Matchup
Compare head to head
Suggested: what beats it, its effort levels, and frontier models near its price.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs GPT-6 Luna (Xhigh)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (High)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs GPT-6 Luna (Medium)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs GPT-6 Luna (High)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs MiMo-V2.6-Flash
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs GPT-6 Luna (Max)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs MiMo-V2.6-Pro
Launch day
What Nemotron 3.5 Lightning did to the frontier on 2026-08-11
Missed the frontier at launch
No level beat the existing frontier on both axes.
Reached the frontier0 of 1
Impact (hypervolume gained)0
Rank, past year's releases—
Smartest level12.90
Cheapest level$92.8
Reached the frontierMissed itDisplaced from the old frontierFrontier the day beforeFrontier after the releaseRegion gained (impact)
Missed the frontier
| Level | Intelligence | Cost | Beaten by | Intel gap | Cost ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | 12.90 | $92.8 | GPT-5.6 Luna (Non-reasoning) | −2.6 | 4.04× |
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