GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

Price, context window & benchmark comparison

GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal

Z.ai (Zhipu)

$0.37 / $1.25

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 5.8× cheaper than GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal on a typical 3:1 input/output mix. GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal has the larger context window (1M vs 262K).

	GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal	Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Input price / 1M	$0.37	$0.07
Output price / 1M	$1.25	$0.20
Blended price (3:1)	$0.59	$0.10
Cached input / 1M	$0.075	$0.04
Context window	1M	262K
Max output	131K	236K
Intelligence index	—	5.5
Coding index	—	26.8
Providers	1	5
Best provider uptime (30m)	100.0%	100.0%
Vision input	Yes	No
Reasoning	Yes	Yes
Tool calling	Yes	Yes
Released	2026-11-02	2026-08-11
Retirement	—	—

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FAQ

Which is cheaper, GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is 5.8× cheaper than GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal on a typical 3:1 input/output mix.

GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: which has a bigger context window?

GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal: 1,048,576 tokens. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 262,144 tokens.

How much would 1 million requests cost?

At 2,000 input + 500 output tokens per request: GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal ≈ $1,365, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning ≈ $240.00.

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