Battle of the Models

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Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B

A-TIER

NVIDIA NIM

Intelligence Score 85/100

Model Popularity 0 votes

Context Window 1M Context

Pricing Model Free / Open

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Groq

Intelligence Score 78/100

Context Window Audio (speech-to-text)

Pricing Model Free / Open

Model Popularity 0 votes

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FINAL VERDICT

With an intelligence score of 85/100 vs 78/100, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B outperforms Whisper Large v3 Turbo by 7 points.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Feature	Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B	Whisper Large v3 Turbo
Context Window	1M Context	Audio (speech-to-text)
Architecture	Transformer	Transformer
Est. MMLU Score	~80-84%	~70-74%
Release Date	2024	2024
Pricing Model	Free Tier	Free Tier
Rate Limit (RPM)	~40 RPM (varies per model, not published)	30 RPM; 8K TPM on most chat models (varies by model)
Daily Limit	-	1,000 requests/day and 200K tokens/day on gpt-oss / Qwen (varies by model)
Capabilities	No specific data	No specific data
Performance Tier	A-Tier (Excellent)	B-Tier (Strong)
Speed Estimate	Medium	Medium
Primary Use Case	General Purpose	General Purpose
Model Size	30B	Undisclosed
Limitations	Phone number verification required Free credits are limited Rate limits on free tier	Test
Key Strengths	High performance models	LPU Accelerated Extremely Fast Inference Open Source Models