# Nemotron 3.5 Lightning release · 2026-08-11 · snapshot 2026-10-26

Creator: NVIDIA · 1 effort levels

| Effort level | Input modalities | Intelligence | Total cost | E2E | On the frontier today | ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Text | 12.90 | $92.8 | 8.72s | no | `nemotron-3-5-lightning` |

Open weights · on the open-weights frontier today: 0 of 1

## Launch day (2026-08-11)

- Reached the frontier: 0 of 1
- Reached the open-weights frontier: 0 of 1
- Impact (intelligence × log-cost hypervolume gained): 0
- Rank: did not move the frontier; 46 releases this past year did
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning missed: 2.6 points below GPT-5.6 Luna (Non-reasoning) at 4.04× its cost


> Metrics snapshot: 2026-10-26T15:24:18Z. Intelligence index version: unknown. Release timeline, frontier age, release impact and shakeup cards are reconstructions using one selected snapshot's metrics, not a record of what was known at release. Scores, benchmark cost and derived value may change when the index methodology changes. Source documentation advertises v4.3.2; API correspondence is unverified.