Nemotron 3.5 Lightning pricing and routing profile
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning from NVIDIA lists at $0.08 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens, with a 1,000,000-token context window. Prices from OpenRouter's catalogue on 2026-09-28.
Tool callingStructured outputReasoning controlLog probabilities
Cost per 1,000 requests
| Request shape | List cost |
|---|---|
| Classification or routing (600 tokens in, 10 out) | $0.05 |
| Chat reply (2,000 in, 400 out) | $0.24 |
| Retrieval-augmented answer (8,000 in, 500 out) | $0.74 |
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Can Gimbix route to it first?
Yes. 3 of 5 tracked hosts return token log probabilities for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, which is the confidence signal Gimbix uses to let a cheaper model answer first.
Measured by Gimbix
On 400 real BANKING77 customer messages, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning answered 255 correctly (95% interval 58.9%–68.3%), with 9 invalid answers, at $0.0245 per 1,000 requests and a median of 934 ms. See all 22 models.
Who serves Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
| Host | Input / output per 1M | Log probabilities | Uptime, last 30 min |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darkbloom | $0.039 / $0.18 | yes | — |
| Io Net | $0.063 / $0.18 | yes | — |
| Phala | $0.07 / $0.20 | no | 100.0% |
| CoreWeave | $0.07 / $0.20 | yes | 100.0% |
| DeepInfra | $0.08 / $0.20 | no | 99.8% |
A host that lists log probabilities may still omit them; Gimbix checks each one before relying on it.
Cheaper models that can answer first
Models priced below Nemotron 3.5 Lightning that expose a confidence signal. Whether they answer your traffic as well is what a Gimbix pilot measures.
| Model | Input / output per 1M | Cheaper on a chat reply |
|---|---|---|
| Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | $0.05 / $0.20 | 25% |
| Llama 3.1 8B Instruct | $0.05 / $0.08 | 45% |
| Qwen3.7 Flash | $0.03 / $0.13 | 53% |
| Granite 4.0 Micro | $0.017 / $0.112 | 67% |
| gpt-oss-20b | $0.018 / $0.09 | 70% |
| Ling 3.0 Flash | $0.021 / $0.063 | 72% |
Compare Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
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- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs gpt-oss-120b
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- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Gemma 4 31B
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
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- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs GLM 5.3 Flash
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Hy4 preview
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- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Nemotron 3 Ultra
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Qwen3.8 Flash
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Qwen3.7 Flash
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Qwen3.8 27B
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs MiniMax M3
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Kimi K2.6
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Mistral Small 4
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Ministral 3 8B 2512
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Llama 4 Maverick
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Nova Lite 1.0
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Nova Micro 1.0
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Command R7B (12-2024)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Phi 4
Questions
How much does Nemotron 3.5 Lightning cost?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning lists at $0.08 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens on OpenRouter as of 2026-09-28. A typical chat reply of 2,000 input and 400 output tokens costs about $0.24 per 1,000 requests.
What is the context window of Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?
1,000,000 tokens.
Can a cheaper model replace Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?
Sometimes. Gimbix proves it on your own traffic before routing: the cheaper model must match Nemotron 3.5 Lightning on one half of your requests and make at most three answers worse on the other.