Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

Price, context window & benchmark comparison

Claude Haiku 5.5

Anthropic

$0.10 / $0.50

Input / Output · per 1M tokens

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

NVIDIA

$0.07 / $0.20

Input / Output · per 1M tokens

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Verdict: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is 2.0× cheaper than Claude Haiku 5.5 on a typical 3:1 input/output mix. Claude Haiku 5.5 scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (36.5 vs 5.5). Claude Haiku 5.5 has the larger context window (1M vs 262K).

	Claude Haiku 5.5	Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Input price / 1M	$0.10	$0.07
Output price / 1M	$0.50	$0.20
Blended price (3:1)	$0.20	$0.10
Cached input / 1M	$0.01	$0.04
Context window	1M	262K
Max output	128K	236K
Intelligence index	36.5	5.5
Coding index	—	26.8
Providers	10	5
Best provider uptime (30m)	100.0%	100.0%
Vision input	Yes	No
Reasoning	Yes	Yes
Tool calling	Yes	Yes
Released	2026-10-07	2026-08-11
Retirement	—	—

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FAQ

Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 5.5 or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is 2.0× cheaper than Claude Haiku 5.5 on a typical 3:1 input/output mix.

Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: which has a bigger context window?

Claude Haiku 5.5: 1,000,000 tokens. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 262,144 tokens.

How much would 1 million requests cost?

At 2,000 input + 500 output tokens per request: Claude Haiku 5.5 ≈ $450.00, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning ≈ $240.00.

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