NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B vs OpenVLA 7B
At a Glance
| Compare |  OpenVLA 7BOpenVLA Research Team | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing and Limits | ||
| Context windowMaximum documented tokens | 1,049K | Not reported |
| Model facts checked | Sep 3, 2026View model evidence → | Aug 29, 2026View model evidence → |
Available Benchmarks
Side-by-Side Facts
| Field | NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B | OpenVLA 7B |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | NVIDIA | OpenVLA Research Team |
| Family | Nvidia Nemotron 3 5 Lightning | OpenVLA |
| Model | NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B | OpenVLA 7B |
| Version | NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B | 7B |
| Lifecycle | active | active |
| Released | 2026-08-11 | 2024-06-13 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Unknown | Unknown |
| Input modalities | Text | Text, Image, Robot state |
| Output modalities | Text | Robot action |
| Context window | 1,049K | Unknown |
| Total parameters | 30B | 7B |
| Active parameters | 3B | Unknown |
| License | openmdw-1.1 | Unknown |
| Open weights | Yes | Yes |
| API available | Yes | No |
| Self-hostable | Yes | Yes |
| Provider access | Fireworks Ai (Standard) | Unknown |
| Capabilities | agents, chat, generation, reasoning, tools | cross-embodiment, fine-tuning, generalist-manipulation |
| Robotics model type | Unknown | Vision-language-action model |
| Action representation | Unknown | Tokenized actions decoded to continuous robot controls |
| Control architecture | Unknown | Fused SigLIP and DINOv2 visual encoder with Llama 2 7B backbone |
| Inference location | Unknown | Flexible |
| Native control rate (Hz) | Unknown | Unknown |
| Supported embodiments | Unknown | WidowX, Google Robot, Franka Panda |
| Training data | Unknown | 970,000 robot manipulation trajectories from Open X-Embodiment described by the authors. |
NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B Capabilities
OpenVLA 7B Capabilities
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Primary Evidence
Sources and Freshness
Questions
NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B vs OpenVLA 7B FAQs
Is NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B or OpenVLA 7B better for coding?+
This comparison does not currently contain a protocol-matched coding benchmark for both NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B and OpenVLA 7B, so Model Markets cannot name a coding leader from pricing, context size, or capability labels alone.
Which is cheaper, NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B or OpenVLA 7B?+
Neither model has a directly sourced input price in this comparison. Neither model has a directly sourced output price in this comparison.
Which has a larger context window, NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B or OpenVLA 7B?+
Neither model has a larger sourced context window in this comparison. NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B is 1,049K and OpenVLA 7B is —.
Which performs better in benchmarks, NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B or OpenVLA 7B?+
There is no overall benchmark winner: At least two independently verified, protocol-matched benchmarks are required for an overall winner.
Can NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B or OpenVLA 7B be self-hosted?+
Both models have the same recorded self-hosting status: supported. NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B is open weight; OpenVLA 7B is open weight.
Can NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B and OpenVLA 7B understand images?+
NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B is not documented with image input; OpenVLA 7B is documented with image input. This reflects supported input modalities, not vision quality.
Which can generate longer answers, NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B or OpenVLA 7B?+
Neither has a larger sourced maximum output. NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B is — and OpenVLA 7B is —.
Do NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B and OpenVLA 7B support reasoning and tool use?+
NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B: reasoning and tool calling. OpenVLA 7B: image input. Feature support does not establish relative quality.
Which is available from more inference providers, NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B or OpenVLA 7B?+
NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B has 1 sourced provider route; OpenVLA 7B has 0, so NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B has broader tracked availability.
Which offers better value, NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B or OpenVLA 7B?+
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.