NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B vs Qwen3 Coder Flash
Benchmark Performance
Available Benchmarks
Technical Differences
Side-by-Side Facts
| Field | NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B | Qwen3 Coder Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | NVIDIA | Qwen |
| Family | Nvidia Nemotron 3 5 Lightning | Qwen3 Coder |
| Model | NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B | Qwen3 Coder Flash |
| Version | NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B | Qwen3 Coder Flash |
| Lifecycle | active | active |
| Released | 2026-08-11 | 2025-07-28 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Unknown | Unknown |
| Input modalities | Text | Text |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |
| Context window | 1,048,576 | 1,000,000 |
| Total parameters | 30,000,000,000 | Unknown |
| Active parameters | 3,000,000,000 | Unknown |
| License | openmdw-1.1 | Unknown |
| Open weights | Yes | No |
| API available | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hostable | Yes | No |
| Provider access | Fireworks Ai (Standard) | Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (Standard), Openrouter (Standard) |
| Capabilities | agents, chat, generation, reasoning, tools | agents, chat, generation, reasoning, structured_outputs, tools |
14 comparable fields · 10 material differences · Pair passes the primary-source comparison gate
NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B Capabilities
Qwen3 Coder Flash Capabilities
Internal Comparison Graph
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Primary Evidence
Sources and Freshness
Questions
NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B vs Qwen3 Coder Flash FAQs
Is NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B or Qwen3 Coder Flash better for coding?+
This comparison does not currently contain a protocol-matched coding benchmark for both NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B and Qwen3 Coder Flash, 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 Qwen3 Coder Flash?+
Only Qwen3 Coder Flash has a directly sourced input price: $0.195 per million tokens. Only Qwen3 Coder Flash has a directly sourced output price: $0.975 per million tokens.
Which has a larger context window, NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B or Qwen3 Coder Flash?+
NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B has the larger sourced context window. NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B supports 1,048,576 and Qwen3 Coder Flash supports 1,000,000.
Which performs better in benchmarks, NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B or Qwen3 Coder Flash?+
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 Qwen3 Coder Flash be self-hosted?+
NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B is the only model in this pair currently marked as self-hostable. NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B is open weight; Qwen3 Coder Flash is not marked open weight.
Can NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B and Qwen3 Coder Flash understand images?+
NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B is not documented with image input; Qwen3 Coder Flash is not 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 Qwen3 Coder Flash?+
Neither has a larger sourced maximum output. NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B is — and Qwen3 Coder Flash is —.
Do NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B and Qwen3 Coder Flash support reasoning and tool use?+
NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B: reasoning and tool calling. Qwen3 Coder Flash: reasoning and tool calling. Feature support does not establish relative quality.
Which is available from more inference providers, NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B or Qwen3 Coder Flash?+
NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B has 1 sourced provider route; Qwen3 Coder Flash has 2, so Qwen3 Coder Flash has broader tracked availability.
Which offers better value, NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B or Qwen3 Coder Flash?+
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.