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Atria Dawn Preview vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)

Atria Dawn Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 51.8 to 22.0.

Shanghai AI Laboratory · NVIDIA · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Atria Dawn Preview leads the overall LLM Stats Score 51.8 to 22.0, ranking #11 overall.

In the 3 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Atria Dawn Preview wins 3; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Atria Dawn Preview

  • overall performance matters — it scores 51.8 and ranks #11 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 3 of 3 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

Choose Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)

  • you want predictable pricing at $0.08/M input and $0.20/M output

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Atria Dawn Preview
Shanghai AI Laboratory
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)
NVIDIA
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
51.8
#11
22.0
#183
Reasoning
50.1
#13
19.6
#200
Coding
35.3
#29
8.3
#185
Agents
38.1
#11
6.8
#144
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
3 of 3
0 of 3
Input price
— / M
$0.08 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.20 / M
Context window
—
262,144

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Atria Dawn Preview
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)
Tool use
28.3#18
-0.1#183
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

12 reported for Atria Dawn Preview · 13 for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)

3 shared

Atria Dawn Preview outperforms in 3 benchmarks (BrowseComp, Tau3 Banking, Terminal-Bench 2.1), while Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B) is better at 0 benchmarks.

Atria Dawn Preview significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Tue Sep 22 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

714.0B diff

Atria Dawn Preview has 714.0B more parameters than Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B), making it 2380.0% larger.

Shanghai AI Laboratory
Atria Dawn Preview
744.0Bparameters
NVIDIA
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)
30.0Bparameters
744.0B
Atria Dawn Preview
30.0B
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B) specifies input context (262,144 tokens). Only Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B) specifies output context (262,144 tokens).

Shanghai AI Laboratory
Atria Dawn Preview
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
NVIDIA
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)
Input262,144 tokens
Output262,144 tokens
Tue Sep 22 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

Atria Dawn Preview is licensed under MIT, while Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B) uses OpenMDW License v1.1.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Atria Dawn Preview

MIT

Open weights

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)

OpenMDW License v1.1

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Atria Dawn Preview was released on 2026-09-11, while Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B) was released on 2026-08-11.

Atria Dawn Preview is 1 month newer than Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B).

Atria Dawn Preview

Sep 11, 2026

1 weeks ago

1mo newer
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)

Aug 11, 2026

1 months ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Atria Dawn Preview and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B) side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Atria Dawn Preview
✓ Preferred
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)
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FAQ

Common questions about Atria Dawn Preview vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B).

Which is better, Atria Dawn Preview or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)?

Atria Dawn Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 51.8 to 22.0. Atria Dawn Preview is made by Shanghai AI Laboratory and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B) is made by NVIDIA. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Atria Dawn Preview compare to Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B) in benchmarks?

Atria Dawn Preview scores DeepSearchQA: 96.0%, BrowseComp: 92.5%, CyberGym: 86.5%, MLE-Bench Lite: 86.2%, WideSearch: 81.9%. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B) scores PinchBench: 85.4%, MMLU-Pro: 81.9%, GPQA: 75.4%, IFBench: 71.9%, AA-LCR: 52.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Atria Dawn Preview and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)?

Atria Dawn Preview supports an unknown number of tokens and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B) supports 262K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Atria Dawn Preview and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (51.8 vs 22.0), licensing (MIT vs OpenMDW License v1.1). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Atria Dawn Preview and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)?

Atria Dawn Preview is developed by Shanghai AI Laboratory and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B) is developed by NVIDIA.

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