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NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning API Pricing

NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is an API model from nvidia. It costs $0.07 per 1M input tokens and $0.2 per 1M output tokens, with cached input at $0.04. Its context window is 262,144 tokens with up to 235,929 output tokens. A workload of 10M input + 2M output tokens costs about $1.1 per month.
Input
$0.07
per 1M tokens
Output
$0.2
per 1M tokens
Cached input
$0.04
per 1M tokens
Context window
262K
262,144 tokens
Blended (80/20)
$0.096
per 1M tokens

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...

How much does NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning cost for a real workload?

At 10M input + 2M output tokens per month, NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning costs about $1.1 ($0.7 input + $0.4 output). Try your own volumes in the cost calculator.

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Frequently asked questions

How much does NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning cost?

NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning costs $0.07 per 1M input tokens and $0.2 per 1M output tokens (list price, snapshot October 21, 2026). At 10M input + 2M output tokens per month that is about $1.1.

What is the context window of NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has a context window of 262,144 tokens and can return up to 235,929 output tokens per response.

What are cheaper alternatives to NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

Cheaper models include Upstage: Solar Mini 4 ($0.05 in / $0.2 out), Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (batch) ($0.05 in / $0.2 out), OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Nano (batch) ($0.05 in / $0.2 out). See the full list on this page.

Is NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning free to use?

No. NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is a paid model at $0.07 input / $0.2 output per 1M tokens. 20 free models are listed on the free models page.

Provider: nvidia · Model ID: nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning · Modality: text->text · Price snapshot October 21, 2026, refreshed daily. How we collect prices