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Nemotron Nano & Lightning

NVIDIA · lightweight line · open weights

6 releases since 2025Latest: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

The newest Nemotron Nano & Lightning model is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, released on August 11, 2026. The line's usual gap is about 91 days and 70 have passed, so it is mid-cycle.

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Nemotron Nano & Lightning

NVIDIA · lightweight line · open weights

Latest: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning · Aug 11, 2026

Mid-cycle70 days since the last release · usual gap 91 days
Days since last release
70
days
Usual gap
91
days
Recent gaps
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning · Aug 2026
148
Nemotron 3 Nano 4B · Mar 2026
91
Nemotron 3 Nano · Dec 2025
119
NVIDIA-Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2 · Aug 2025
90

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Every Nemotron Nano & Lightning release

Newest first — what each version changed versus the one before, in NVIDIA's own numbers.

Aug
11
2026
Nemotron 3.5 LightningNVIDIA · Nemotron Nano & LightningOpen weights
Mar
16
2026
Nemotron 3 Nano 4BNVIDIA · Nemotron Nano & LightningOpen weights
Dec
15
2025
Nemotron 3 NanoNVIDIA · Nemotron Nano & LightningOpen weights
Aug
18
2025
NVIDIA-Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2NVIDIA · Nemotron Nano & LightningOpen weights
May
20
2025
Llama-3.1-Nemotron-Nano-4B-v1.1NVIDIA · Nemotron Nano & LightningOpen weights
Mar
18
2025
Llama-3.1-Nemotron-Nano-8B-v1NVIDIA · Nemotron Nano & LightningOpen weights