nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b
nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b is a preview NVIDIA model.
Fastest 30B A3B MoE model with leading domain accuracy for specialized agentic tasks
- Status
- Active
- Released
- —
- Shutdown
- none announced
- Replacement
- —
No deprecation or shutdown date has been announced as of October 15, 2026.
Benchmarks
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Arena
| Arena | nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b | Rank | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 1351 ±6 | 216 of 415 19,080 votes | Oct 13, 2026 | source |
| Text: Coding | 1425 ±9 | 190 of 410 4,729 votes | Oct 13, 2026 | source |
Rated as nvidia-nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b-nvfp4. Ratings come from people voting between two anonymous answers; Text is style-controlled, as on arena.ai. Data: Arena (arena.ai), CC BY 4.0.
Prices
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Last checked · Sources: NVIDIA catalog