Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety or Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct, at $0.58 per million tokens against $0.80 for Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety: nobody goes below OpenRouter's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.80 is the number to beat. Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct: $0.58 at TrustedRouter.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 2 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, OpenRouter. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.

Which holds more context?

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct, at 262k tokens against 131k.

Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety vs Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct.

model vs model · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct takes 3 of 5 rounds against Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.58 per million tokens against $0.80.

NVIDIA

Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety

$0.80/M tokens

OpenRouter list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.132 per 1,000 pages

131k context · reads images · open weights

Alibaba Cloudwins 3 rounds

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

$0.58/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at TrustedRouter · $0.057 per 1,000 pages

262k context · tool calling · reads images · open weights

TrustedRouter ↗

List price in (lower wins)

$0.20/M

$0.12/M

List price out (lower wins)

$0.20/M

$0.46/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

none below list

$0.58/M at TrustedRouter

Standard price (lower wins)

$0.80/M

$0.81/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.132

$0.057

Context

131k tokens

262k tokens

Open weights

yes

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

yes

Reads images

yes

Reasoning

yes

Released

4 Jun 2026

14 Oct 2025

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

OpenRouter

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

no provider to check

not stated

Providers selling both · 2

Kilo Gateway$0.80 / $0.81
OpenRouter$0.80 / $0.81

Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety then Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct, per million tokens

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What moved in the last seven days

Qwen3 VL 8B InstructNous Portal$0.09 / $0.36 $0.12 / $0.4625% dearer · 16 Sept 2026

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety or Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct, at $0.58 per million tokens against $0.80 for Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety: nobody goes below OpenRouter's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.80 is the number to beat. Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct: $0.58 at TrustedRouter.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 2 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, OpenRouter. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.
Which holds more context?: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct, at 262k tokens against 131k.

Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.