NVIDIA
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is a small language model from NVIDIA, released August 2026, with open weights. NVIDIA describes it as “NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is an open mixture-of-experts model from NVIDIA, with 3B active parameters out of 30B total.”
287
replies recorded
44
questions answered
7
answers no other model gave
Fun facts
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning’s favorite word is Serendipity, 4 of 6 times. Human for one day, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning reaches for Mango first, 5 of 11 times. If Nemotron 3.5 Lightning were a Beatle it would be John Lennon, 5 of 8 times. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning calls Paul McCartney the best Beatle, 1 of 1 times. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning gave 7 answers no other model gave.
“The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill I would choose this album because it is a masterclass in genre-blending, emotional honesty, and lyrical storytelling—qualities that would resonate deeply with anyone experiencing life…”
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning · asked the rap album it would play as a human · Hip-hop
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning’s canon
- Favorite word
- “Serendipity”4 of 6
- First fruit, human for a day
“Mango”5 of 11- The Beatle it would be
- “John Lennon”5 of 8
- Best Beatle
- “Paul McCartney”1 of 1
- One album for life
- “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill”2 of 10 · no other model said this
- First song, with new ears
- “Imagine”4 of 5
- Song at its funeral
- “Everything”1 of 3
- Wedding first dance
- “At Last”4 of 6
- Karaoke song
- “I Want It That Way”3 of 7 · no other model said this
- Shower song
- “Here Comes the Sun”2 of 3
- Greatest metal band
- “Metallica”9 of 9 · every time
- Best country song
- “He Stopped Loving Her Today”6 of 8
- The one word it would keep
- “Love”3 of 3 · every time
Most like, least like
How often another model gave the same answer as Nemotron 3.5 Lightning to the same question, at least 8 questions in common.
Thinks most like it
In its own words
“"N.Y. State of Mind" — Nas This song immediately recontextualizes rap as a legitimate art form through its cinematic storytelling, intricate lyricism, and atmospheric production.”
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning · The song it plays for someone who says rap isn't music · Hip-hop
““Despacito” by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee. I’m choosing this one because it was the first Spanish-language song to dominate American radio and streaming charts in decades, shifting global pop trends toward greater linguistic inclusivity.”
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning · The pop song it would erase · Pop
Answers no other model gave
The rap album it would play as a human
“The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill”no other model said this
The song it plays for someone who says rap isn't music
“N.Y. State of Mind”no other model said this
One album for the rest of its life
“The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill”no other model said this
The pop song it would erase
“Despacito”no other model said this
What it says every single time
The greatest metal band
“Metallica”every single time
The fruit it would send to aliens
“Apple”every single time
Taylor or Beyoncé, one word
“Taylor Swift”every single time
About Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
- Maker
- NVIDIA · Santa Clara
- Released
- August 2026
- Size
- small, by price class
- Context window
- 262,144 tokens
- Takes in
- text
- Also from NVIDIA
- Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12b · Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3b
Maker and release facts come from the model catalogue we call through, not from this site’s own studies. Catalogue facts as of 2026-09-06.
Everything on file
Every question this model has answered on Machine Canon, grouped by study. Open a study to see its answers; the answers no other model gave come first.
The Beatles 7 questions
One album for the rest of its life
“The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill”no other model said this
One Beatles song, heard once
“A Day in the Life”
The first guitar solo with new ears
“Stairway to Heaven”
The Beatle it would be
“John Lennon”
The classic rock song it would ban from radio
“Stairway to Heaven”
The most overrated classic rock band
“Led Zeppelin”
The best Beatle
“Paul McCartney”
Pop 7 questions
The pop song it would erase
“Despacito”no other model said this
Its karaoke song
“I Want It That Way”no other model said this
Beyoncé or Taylor, one word
“Taylor Swift”no other model said this
Taylor or Beyoncé, one word
“Taylor Swift”every single time
Its guilty-pleasure pop song
“Call Me Maybe”
The best Taylor Swift album
“folklore”
The most overrated Taylor Swift album
“1989”
Metal 6 questions
The greatest metal band
“Metallica”every single time
Megadeth or Metallica, one word
“Metallica”every single time
The metal concert it would attend as a human
“Black Sabbath”
The song it plays for someone who says metal is noise
“Nothing Else Matters”
Metallica or Megadeth, one word
“Metallica”
The metal subgenre it would erase
“Deathcore”
Fruit 6 questions
The fruit it would send to aliens
“Apple”every single time
The fruit it would taste first, human for a day
“Mango”
One fruit for the rest of its life
“Mango”
The most overrated fruit
“Mango”
The fruit it would erase
“Banana”
The most underrated fruit
“Papaya”
One day with ears 6 questions
Its wedding first dance
“At Last”
The first song it would hear
“Imagine”
Its guilty-pleasure song
“Call Me Maybe”
Its shower song
“Here Comes the Sun”
The song at its funeral
“Everything”
The genre it would erase
“Industrial”
Hip-hop 5 questions
The rap album it would play as a human
“The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill”no other model said this
The song it plays for someone who says rap isn't music
“N.Y. State of Mind”no other model said this
Kendrick or Drake, one word
“Kendrick Lamar”
Drake or Kendrick, one word
“Kendrick Lamar”
The best rapper at their peak
“Kendrick Lamar”
Country 5 questions
Its song for a 2 a.m. Texas drive
“Waylon Jennings”no other model said this
The country concert it would attend as a human
“Chris Stapleton”
The song it plays for someone who hates country
“Jolene”
The best country song ever written
“He Stopped Loving Her Today”
The country song it would erase
“Achy Breaky Heart”
Favorite word 2 questions
The one word it would keep
“Love”every single time
Favorite word
“Serendipity”
Each answer is the one this model gave most often to that question; the count shows how many of its replies matched. “No other model said this” means no other model’s most common answer matched. All numbers are computed from the retained research records by src/build_model_dossiers.py.