Nemotron 3.5 Lightning pricing & price history
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning by NVIDIA costs $0.08 per 1M input tokens and $0.20 per 1M output tokens, with a 262K token context window. The cheapest provider currently charges $0.065 input / $0.18 output.
Price history
No price changes since tracking began on 2026-09-24. We check hourly.
Providers serving Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (4)
| Provider | Input | Output | Context | Uptime 30m | Uptime 24h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darkbloom int4 | $0.065 | $0.18 | 262K | — | 100.0% |
| Phala | $0.07 | $0.20 | 262K | 82.8% | 99.5% |
| CoreWeave bf16 | $0.07 | $0.20 | 262K | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| DeepInfra bf16 | $0.08 | $0.20 | 262K | 100.0% | 99.9% |
Provider availability updated 55m ago.
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About Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is an open mixture-of-experts model from NVIDIA, with 3B active parameters out of 30B total. It is suited for high-throughput agentic workloads and specialized tasks that...
FAQ
How much does Nemotron 3.5 Lightning cost?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning by NVIDIA costs $0.08 per 1M input tokens and $0.20 per 1M output tokens, with a 262K token context window. The cheapest provider currently charges $0.065 input / $0.18 output. A typical request with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens costs about $0.0003.
What is the context window of Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning supports up to 262,144 tokens of context and up to 131,072 output tokens per request.
Has Nemotron 3.5 Lightning’s price changed?
No price changes recorded since ModelBank started tracking it on 2026-09-24.
Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning being deprecated?
No retirement date has been announced for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning as of 2026-09-24.
What are cheaper alternatives to Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?
Cheaper options include gpt-oss-20b ($0.018/$0.09), Gemma 3 12B ($0.05/$0.15), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B ($0.05/$0.20), Ling 3.0 Flash VL ($0.06/$0.18).