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GLM-5vsNVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B NVFP4

GLM-5 leads 3 of 3 shared benchmarks. NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B NVFP4 has the larger context window (1M tokens).

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Shared benchmarks
3 – 0
GLM-5 leads
Cheaper per token
list price, input + output
Larger context
NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B NVFP4
1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
— · 100%
Z.ai · NVIDIA
GLM-5
Z.ai
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Context
200K
Max out
131K
Input /1M
$1
Output /1M
$3.2
Cached /1M
$0.2
Scores
8 · 7 core
NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B NVFP4
NVIDIA · released 2026-08-11
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Context
1M
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Input /1M
Output /1M
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Scores
7 · 5 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkGLM-5NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B NVFP4ΔEdge
Reported by both · 3
SWE-bench Verified77.8% 52.8% +25 ptGLM-5
GPQA Diamond87.8% epoch75.57% +12.2 ptGLM-5
LMArena Elo1446.3 1330.7 +115.6GLM-5
Only GLM-5 reports · 5
AIME 202596.7% matharenanot reported
AIME 202696.7% matharenanot reported
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)80% epochnot reported
SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run)72.1% epochnot reported
Terminal-Bench 2.056.2% not reported
Only NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B NVFP4 reports · 4
MMLU-Pronot reported81.62%
Humanity's Last Exam (no tools)not reported10.47%
BrowseCompnot reported36.81%
Terminal-Bench 2.1not reported23.46%
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is GLM-5 minus NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B NVFP4 in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing

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SpecGLM-5NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B NVFP4Edge
Context window200K tokens1M tokensNVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B NVFP4
Max output131K tokens
Input price / 1M$1
Output price / 1M$3.2
Cached input / 1M$0.2
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$4.2
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Released2026-08-11
Cited benchmark scores87
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