Command A vs NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B
Benchmark Performance
Available Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Command A | NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text Arenatext-2026-09-01-011508720696 · arena_rating · statistical tie | 1,330.79100% of row best · rating · command-a-03-2025; 95% CI [1327.33626503, 1334.25009199]; votes 55434; rank 208 | 1,331.84100% of row best · rating · nvidia-nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b-nvfp4; 95% CI [1322.39322537, 1341.28358716]; votes 4533; rank 207 |
| Overall ResultCounted from the protocol-matched rows above · 1 tie | 0 benchmark winsTied overall | 0 benchmark winsTied overall |
Third-party benchmark Only like-for-like primary-publisher results are shown; raw scores, relative scores, configuration, and token spend remain visible.
Technical Differences
Side-by-Side Facts
| Field | Command A | NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Cohere | NVIDIA |
| Family | Command A | Nvidia Nemotron 3 5 Lightning |
| Model | Command A | NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B |
| Version | Command A | NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B |
| Lifecycle | active | active |
| Released | Unknown | 2026-08-11 |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2024-06-01 | Unknown |
| Input modalities | Text | Text |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |
| Context window | 256,000 | 1,048,576 |
| Total parameters | 111,000,000,000 | 30,000,000,000 |
| Active parameters | Unknown | 3,000,000,000 |
| License | Unknown | openmdw-1.1 |
| Open weights | No | Yes |
| API available | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hostable | No | Yes |
| Provider access | Cohere (Standard) | Fireworks Ai (Standard) |
| Capabilities | agents, chat, citations, multilingual, rag, structured_outputs, tools | agents, chat, generation, reasoning, tools |
14 comparable fields · 10 material differences · Pair passes the primary-source comparison gate
Command A Capabilities
NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B Capabilities
Internal Comparison Graph
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Primary Evidence
Sources and Freshness
Questions
Command A vs NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B FAQs
Is Command A or NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B better for coding?+
This comparison does not currently contain a protocol-matched coding benchmark for both Command A and NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B, so Model Markets cannot name a coding leader from pricing, context size, or capability labels alone.
Which is cheaper, Command A or NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B?+
Only Command A has a directly sourced input price: $2.50 per million tokens. Only Command A has a directly sourced output price: $10.00 per million tokens.
Which has a larger context window, Command A or NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B?+
NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B has the larger sourced context window. Command A supports 256,000 and NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B supports 1,048,576.
Which performs better in benchmarks, Command A or NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B?+
There is no overall benchmark winner: At least two independently verified, protocol-matched benchmarks are required for an overall winner.
Can Command A or NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B be self-hosted?+
NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B is the only model in this pair currently marked as self-hostable. Command A is not marked open weight; NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B is open weight.
Can Command A and NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B understand images?+
Command A is not documented with image input; NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B is not documented with image input. This reflects supported input modalities, not vision quality.
Which can generate longer answers, Command A or NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B?+
Neither has a larger sourced maximum output. Command A is 8,000 and NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B is —.
Do Command A and NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B support reasoning and tool use?+
Command A: tool calling. NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B: reasoning and tool calling. Feature support does not establish relative quality.
Which is available from more inference providers, Command A or NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B?+
Command A has 1 sourced provider route; NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B has 1, a tie.
Which offers better value, Command A or NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B?+
There is no universal value winner. Compare the input and output prices above with the matched benchmark result for your workload: cheaper tokens can be offset by different quality, token usage, latency, or provider availability.