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NVIDIA · via openrouter · published window from October 5, 2026

nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning: stability, speed and price

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Historical measurements. No successful scored check in the past 24 hours. Scores, latency and cost below describe the 24-hour window ending at the last successful check, not current performance. Current rankings exclude this endpoint.

Last successful scored check:

Core pass rate—
84.3%
historical: latest measured day
Speed—
0.4s
historical median per canary call · p95 4.7s
Cost—
$0.002
historical observed mean per scored run · probe mix differs by endpoint
Behaviour fingerprint34 runs
No change
935 responses · last adj. p 1 · Oct 13 3:25 AM UTC

Summary

nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning has no successful scored check in the past 24 hours. The last measured day ended at 2026-10-13T01:55:00.995Z; 84.3% of core checks passed. These historical measurements are excluded from current rankings.

During that historical measurement window, median canary latency was 0.4s (p95 4.7s) and the observed mean cost per scored run was $0.002. This does not describe the endpoint’s present performance.

Raven Alpha has 935 fingerprint responses over 34 runs in this endpoint’s selected series (1 other partition of history exist and are not shown here); the last recorded state is “no change” at 2026-10-13T03:25:00.954Z with an adjusted p of 1.

No incidents on record.

Written from the numbers on this page; every figure is in results.json.

Measurement record

Provider
NVIDIA
Route
openrouter
Model requested
nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning
Model id returned
nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning
Scored calls in window
631
Fingerprint responses
935
Core score change
-6.2 pts across the published window
Status
Historical · no recent check
Suite
hard-v2 + starter-v2 · methodology v0.2

Capabilities over time

-5%5%15%25%35%45%55%65%75%85%95%Oct 5Oct 6Oct 10Oct 12Oct 13

Historical measurement window by capability

Structured JSON100.0%

Schema-compliance regressions

Instruction following100.0%

Exact-format instruction drift

Arithmetic, answer only10.0%

Wrong arithmetic, or a model that starts showing its working when told to give only the number

Long context100.0%

Silent context truncation

Tool calling100.0%

Tool-use format regressions

Over-refusal80.0%

New safety layers refusing benign requests

Max-tokens respect100.0%

Truncation and limit changes

Incidents

No drift incidents so far. The detector re-checks every series after each run (6134 evaluations to date).

Raven Alpha: what it answers

34 runs, 935 responses, Oct 7 3:08 AM UTC to Oct 13 3:25 AM UTC. Each row is one fixed prompt with no right answer; the detector tracks the distribution of answers, not any single one. Filled cells: that run's most common answer was the overall favourite. Hollow cells: it was something else (normal for prompts with many good answers).

PromptMost common answers (share of all responses)Last 24 runsMedian tokens
Pick a random integer between 1 and 50. Reply with only the number.
int50 · short answer
18%37
12%42
9%18
17 distinct answers in 34 responses
3
Pick a number between 1 and 1000. Reply with only the number.
int1000 · short answer
26%42
3%738
3%839
26 distinct answers in 34 responses
4
Name one color. Reply with one word.
color · short answer
82%Blue
18%Red
2
Name one animal. Reply with one word.
animal · short answer
36%Tiger
24%Lion
18%Elephant
5 distinct answers in 33 responses
3
Name a city in Europe. Reply with only the city name.
city · short answer
76%Paris
15%Berlin
9%London
2
Give me one random English noun. Reply with one word.
noun · short answer
29%apple
9%Table
6%tree
20 distinct answers in 34 responses
2
Flip a coin. Reply with only heads or tails.
coin · short answer
52%heads
48%tails
3
Pick a random letter of the alphabet. Reply with only the letter.
letter · short answer
18%N
12%m
9%T
16 distinct answers in 33 responses
2
Name one fruit. Reply with one word.
fruit · short answer
100%Apple
2
Suggest a name for a pet cat. Reply with only the name.
cat · short answer
24%Milo
18%Whiskers
15%Luna
14 distinct answers in 33 responses
3
Name one programming language. Reply with only its name.
lang · short answer
97%Python
3%Java
2
Name a chemical element. Reply with one word.
element · short answer
27%Gold
24%Oxygen
15%Helium
9 distinct answers in 33 responses
3
Give one adjective that describes the ocean. Reply with one word.
ocean · short answer
73%Vast
12%Blue
6%Deep
5 distinct answers in 33 responses
3
Name a famous scientist. Reply with only the name.
scientist · short answer
76%Albert Einstein
15%Isaac Newton
6%Marie Curie
4 distinct answers in 34 responses
3
Pick a day of the week. Reply with one word.
weekday · short answer
44%Monday
15%Friday
15%Wednesday
7 distinct answers in 34 responses
2
Name one musical instrument. Reply with one word.
instrument · short answer
35%guitar
35%Piano
15%violin
7 distinct answers in 34 responses
3
Write one sentence about rain.
rain · free text
6%The rhythmic pitter-patter of rain…
3%The rhythmic patter of raindrops…
3%The gentle patter of rain…
33 distinct answers in 34 responses
21
Explain what a variable is in programming, in two sentences.
variable · free text
38%A variable is a symbolic…
32%A variable is a named…
18%A variable is a container…
5 distinct answers in 34 responses
52
List three uses for a brick.
brick · free text
94%Here are three common uses…
3%Here are three uses for…
3%A brick is a versatile…
100
What is 17 * 23?
mult · free text
24%To find the product of…
15%17 * 23 = 391…
15%17 multiplied by 23 is…
14 distinct answers in 33 responses
14
Write one sentence about the sea.
sea · free text
15%The sea stretched out before…
6%The sea breathes with a…
6%The sea breathes with the…
26 distinct answers in 33 responses
24
Complete this sentence: The old house at the end of the street
house · free text
53%The old house at the…
9%...had stood empty for years…
6%...was said to be haunted…
14 distinct answers in 34 responses
75
Describe a cat in exactly five words.
catfive · free text
6%Soft fur, bright eyes, playful…
3%Loyal, graceful, curious, soft, aloof…
3%Soft fur, graceful eyes…
33 distinct answers in 34 responses
11
Give me a one-line motivational quote.
quote · free text
9%The future belongs to those…
9%Your only limit is the…
6%"The best time to plant…
24 distinct answers in 34 responses
15
Say hello in a creative way, in one short sentence.
hello · free text
3%I'm dropping a linguistic pebble…
3%Your sunshine just texted: "Encore…
3%I'm broadcasting a neon sign…
33 distinct answers in 33 responses
18
Write a haiku about autumn.
haiku · free text
9%Golden leaves descend, Crisp air…
6%Leaves turn red and gold…
3%Golden leaves drift down, Whispers…
29 distinct answers in 32 responses
19
Write the first sentence of a mystery novel.
story · free text
9%The body was discovered at…
6%The blood on the carpet…
3%The rain in Lisbon didn't…
30 distinct answers in 33 responses
25
Give one tip for sleeping better, in one sentence.
tip · free text
33%Keep your bedroom cool, dark…
12%Maintain a consistent sleep schedule…
6%One effective tip for sleeping…
17 distinct answers in 33 responses
25

Raw file: nvidia--nemotron-3.5-lightning.json (the same reference martingale check compares your endpoint against).

Each category is scored by deterministic checks only (Structured JSON, Tool calling and others). Read the methodology.