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Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs GLM 4.6V

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (NVIDIA) and GLM 4.6V (Z.ai) 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 17 August 2026

As of 17 August 2026, GLM 4.6V holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#77 vs #79); Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is 4.5× cheaper per output token ($0.20/1M vs $0.90/1M); Nemotron 3.5 Lightning offers the longer context window (1M vs 131K tokens); and GLM 4.6V ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose Nemotron 3.5 Lightning if…

  • API cost matters — $0.20/1M output tokens against $0.90/1M, about 4.5× cheaper.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $0.08/1M against $0.30/1M.
  • you need the longer context window — 1M tokens against 131K.
  • you want provider choice — 3 listed API providers against 2.
  • Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index is your yardstick — 23.6 against 10.9.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Nemotron 3.5 Lightning was listed 11 August 2026, GLM 4.6V 8 December 2025.

Choose GLM 4.6V if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #77 against #79 (33.3 vs 31.7 points).
  • you want to self-host: GLM 4.6V ships open weights while Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is restricted license.

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs GLM 4.6V: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and GLM 4.6V
FieldNemotron 3.5 LightningNVIDIAGLM 4.6VZ.ai
ModelCap Index position#79#77
Index score31.733.3
EvidenceMeasuredMeasured
Input price / 1M tokens$0.08$0.30
Output price / 1M tokens$0.20$0.90
Context window1M tokens131K tokens
Max output tokens131K33K
API providers listed32
Weight accessRestricted licenseOpen weights
Input modalitiesTextImage, Text, Video
First listed11 August 20268 December 2025
PublisherNVIDIAZ.ai

Evidence: 1 public benchmark observation across 1 board · 3 public benchmark observations across 3 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs GLM 4.6V

Public benchmark boards where Nemotron 3.5 Lightning or GLM 4.6V has a published result
BoardNemotron 3.5 LightningGLM 4.6VLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—14171392–1442Only one result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis23.6intelligence-index10.9intelligence-indexNemotron 3.5 Lightning

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

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Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs GLM 4.6V: common questions

Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better than GLM 4.6V?

GLM 4.6V ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 17 August 2026: #77 against #79. 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.

Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning cheaper than GLM 4.6V?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is cheaper on output tokens: $0.20/1M against $0.90/1M. Input tokens are $0.08/1M for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and $0.30/1M for GLM 4.6V. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens.

Which has the bigger context window, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning or GLM 4.6V?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has the larger context window: 1M tokens against 131K.

Which is better for coding, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning or GLM 4.6V?

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 Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and GLM 4.6V open-weight models?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: Restricted license. GLM 4.6V: Open weights. 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 Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and GLM 4.6V?

ModelCap currently lists 3 API providers for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and 2 for GLM 4.6V, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs GLM 4.6V comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 17 August 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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