# Nanbeige4.2-3B vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B (slim)

> Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B scores 64.7 (B) to Nanbeige4.2-3B's 61 (C) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B scores 64.7 (B) on agent readiness against Nanbeige4.2-3B's 61 (C), and leads in 3 of 4 scored categories. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Nanbeige4.2-3B: C 61, rank #78 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nanbeige-4-2-3b.min.md
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B: B 64.7, rank #20 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nemotron-3-5-lightning-30b-a3b.min.md
- Nanbeige4.2-3B, good for Local agents that need tool calling and a long context on a laptop or a small GPU
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B, good for Agents on one 24 to 32 GB GPU or Mac that want a fast tool-calling reasoning model with long context and a permissive licence Ahead on Risk, 75 against 55; Agent interface, 90 against 85.

| Category | Nanbeige4.2-3B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 85 | 85 |
| Risk (20%) | 55 | 75 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 90 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 72 | 75 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Nanbeige4.2-3B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Nanbeige LLM Lab (BOSS Zhipin) | NVIDIA |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 (Hub metadata only; the repository has no LICENSE file) | OpenMDW-1.1 |
| Last release | 2026-09-11 | 2026-08-11 |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Risk, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B +20: Nanbeige4.2-3B 55 (File safety 15, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files (25).); Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B 75 (File safety earns 25, safetensors only with no Python files, and nothing from the repository runs to load it or parse its output.)
- Agent interface, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B +5: Nanbeige4.2-3B 85 (Chat template 20, A Jinja chat template in tokenizer_config.json (7,961 characters), with enable_thinking, preserve_thinking, tools and tool_call_format switche…); Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B 90 (The chat template earns 20, a Jinja file in the repository.)