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gemma 4 E4B it vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

gemma 4 E4B it (Google) and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (NVIDIA) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 15 September 2026

As of 15 September 2026, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#103 vs #105); and gemma 4 E4B it ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose gemma 4 E4B it if…

  • you want to self-host: gemma 4 E4B it ships open weights while Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is restricted license.

Choose Nemotron 3.5 Lightning if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #103 against #105 (43.4 vs 43.2 points).
  • you want provider choice — 4 listed API providers against 0.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Nemotron 3.5 Lightning was listed 11 August 2026, gemma 4 E4B it 2 March 2026.

gemma 4 E4B it vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of gemma 4 E4B it and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Fieldgemma 4 E4B itGoogleNemotron 3.5 LightningNVIDIA
ModelCap Index position#105#103
Index score43.243.4
EvidenceEstimatedMeasured
Input price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.08
Output price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.20
Context window— tokens262K tokens
Max output tokens—131K
API providers listed04
Weight accessOpen weightsRestricted license
Input modalitiesText, Image, AudioText
First listed2 March 202611 August 2026
PublisherGoogleNVIDIA

Evidence: publisher-corpus-prior over 194 held-out anchors (7%); launch card against 3 resolved peers on 5 rows (93%); no cross-lab optimism probe available; shrunk 1.6 up toward the measured corpus · 1 public benchmark observation across 1 board. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: gemma 4 E4B it vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

Public benchmark boards where gemma 4 E4B it or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has a published result
Boardgemma 4 E4B itNemotron 3.5 LightningLeads
AA Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis—13.6intelligence-index:v4.3:reasoning-unspecifiedOnly one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis—10.6%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="Nemotron 3.5 Lightning":reasoning=trueOnly one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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gemma 4 E4B it vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: common questions

Is gemma 4 E4B it better than Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 15 September 2026: #103 against #105. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is gemma 4 E4B it cheaper than Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, gemma 4 E4B it or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

Both publish a —-token context window.

Which is better for coding, gemma 4 E4B it or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are gemma 4 E4B it and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning open-weight models?

gemma 4 E4B it: Open weights. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: Restricted license. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run gemma 4 E4B it and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for gemma 4 E4B it and 4 for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this gemma 4 E4B it vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 15 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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