Hy4 preview vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B): Specs & Benchmark Comparison

Hy4 preview is developed by Tencent, while Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B) comes from NVIDIA. Both were released in August 2026. Hy4 preview is the larger model at roughly 770 billion parameters, against 30 billion for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B).

The two models share 3 published benchmarks. Hy4 preview leads on 3 of them. The widest gaps are on Terminal-Bench 2.1, where Hy4 preview scores 85.4% against 24.6%; SWE-bench Multilingual, where Hy4 preview scores 82.9% against 39.3%. Averaged across everything we track, Hy4 preview sits at 58.7% and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B) at 45.3%.

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B) is available through an API at $0.05 per million input tokens with a 262K-token context window. We do not track a hosted API for Hy4 preview, so pricing and context cannot be compared directly.

CharacteristicHy4 previewNemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)
CompanyTencentNVIDIA
Release DateAugust 28, 2026August 11, 2026
Parameters770B30B
MultimodalNoNo
Context (input)262K
Context (output)262K
Input Price / 1M$0.05
Output Price / 1M$0.20
Average Score58.7%45.3%
Benchmarks
Terminal-Bench 2.185.4%24.6%
SWE-bench Multilingual82.9%39.3%
GPQA92.3%75.0%

Visual Benchmark Comparison

Hy4 preview
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)
Terminal-Bench 2.10.9 vs 0.2
0.9
0.2
SWE-bench Multilingual0.8 vs 0.4
0.8
0.4
GPQA0.9 vs 0.8
0.9
0.8

Verdict

Hy4 preview leads in 1 out of 2 comparison categories.

Overall Performance

Both models show comparable average scores: Hy4 preview — 0.6, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B) — 0.5.

Recency

Hy4 preview is newer: released 8/28/2026 vs 8/11/2026.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better for coding — Hy4 preview or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)?
Direct comparison on the SWE-Bench benchmark is not available. We recommend reviewing other metrics on the comparison page.
Which model is cheaper — Hy4 preview or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)?
API pricing data is available on the individual model pages.
Which has a larger context window — Hy4 preview or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)?
Context window data is available on the individual model pages.

The Hy4 preview and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B) comparison is updated for 2026. Data includes benchmark results, API pricing, context window size and other specifications. For more detailed information, visit the Hy4 preview or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B) page. See also the complete list of AI model comparisons.