Efficiency
Nemotron Lightning Hits 24 — Ties gpt-oss-120b at 1/4 Size
31.6B open model (3.6B active) matches OpenAI's 120B open release
Nemotron Lightning Hits 24 — Ties gpt-oss-120b at 1/4 Size
Why it matters: Artificial Analysis scored NVIDIA's new Nemotron 3.5 Lightning at 24 on the Intelligence Index—9 points above Nemotron 3 Nano (15) and level with OpenAI's gpt-oss-120b (24)—despite using roughly a quarter of the total parameters (31.6B vs ~120B).
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- Artificial Analysis
- Unit
- Intelligence Index
- Data as of
- August 11, 2026
- Scope
- NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning versus Nemotron 3 Nano, gpt-oss-120b, and Nemotron 3 Super