Nemotron 3 Nano

NVIDIA · Nemotron Nano & Lightning line · lightweight · open weights

Released December 15, 2025Replaced by Nemotron 3 Nano 4B

Nemotron 3 Nano was released by NVIDIA on December 15, 2025, as an open-weights lightweight model in the Nemotron Nano & Lightning line.

No detailed card for this model: we only add numbers published by the maker or by independent benchmarks. Sources: NVIDIA Newsroom · Hugging Face · NVIDIA Research

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Where the Nemotron Nano & Lightning line stands

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the current model in this line. The card shows how long it has been since the last release against the line's usual gap and its recent ones — the rhythm, not a date.

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

Every Nemotron Nano & Lightning release

Newest first. See the full line with every card →

  1. Aug 11, 2026Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
  2. Mar 16, 2026Nemotron 3 Nano 4B
  3. Dec 15, 2025Nemotron 3 Nano · this page
  4. Aug 18, 2025NVIDIA-Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2
  5. May 20, 2025Llama-3.1-Nemotron-Nano-4B-v1.1
  6. Mar 18, 2025Llama-3.1-Nemotron-Nano-8B-v1