Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, at $0.16 per million tokens against $0.35 for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B, three parts input to one part output, read on 17 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: $0.16 at NanoGPT. Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: $0.35 at Vercel AI Gateway.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 9 providers sell both: Vercel AI Gateway, Kilo Gateway, Nous Portal, TrustedRouter, Eden AI, DeepInfra, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Vercel AI Gateway.

Which holds more context?

Both hold 262k tokens in one call.

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B.

model vs model · prices as of 17 Sept 2026

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B split the 5 rounds this table counts: the two list price rows, the cheapest price we can explain, the standard price and context. The weighting you pick decides the rest.

NVIDIA

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

$0.16/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at NanoGPT · $0.0306 per 1,000 pages

262k context · tool calling · open weights

NanoGPT ↗

NVIDIA

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

$0.35/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at Vercel AI Gateway · $0.042 per 1,000 pages

262k context · tool calling · open weights

Vercel AI Gateway ↗

List price in (lower wins)

$0.08/M

$0.06/M

List price out (lower wins)

$0.20/M

$0.24/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

$0.16/M at NanoGPT

$0.35/M at Vercel AI Gateway

Standard price (lower wins)

$0.44/M

$0.42/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.0306

$0.042

Context

262k tokens

Open weights

yes

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

yes

Reads images

Reasoning

yes

Released

11 Aug 2026

14 Dec 2025

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

OpenRouter

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

not stated

Providers selling both · 9

Vercel AI Gateway$0.35 / $0.35
Kilo Gateway$0.38 / $0.35
Nous Portal$0.38 / $0.35
TrustedRouter$0.37 / $0.37
Eden AI$0.42 / $0.35
DeepInfra$0.44 / $0.35
Nebius Token Factory$0.42 / $0.42
OpenRouter$0.44 / $0.42

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning then Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B, per million tokens · showing the 8 cheapest of 9

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What moved in the last seven days

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BOpenRouterOpenRouter's list price, in and out per million tokens$0.05 / $0.20 $0.06 / $0.2420% dearer · 17 Sept 2026
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BOpenRouter$0.05 / $0.20 $0.06 / $0.2420% dearer · 17 Sept 2026
Nemotron 3.5 LightningPhala (RedPill)$0.08 / $0.20 $0.07 / $0.207% cheaper · 17 Sept 2026
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNous Portal$0.04 / $0.16 $0.05 / $0.2025% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BVercel AI Gateway$0.05 / $0.24 $0.05 / $0.2010% cheaper · 16 Sept 2026
Nemotron 3.5 LightningCoreWeave$0.10 / $0.25 $0.07 / $0.2025% cheaper · 16 Sept 2026
Nemotron 3.5 LightningKilo Gateway$0.08 / $0.20 $0.07 / $0.1815% cheaper · 16 Sept 2026
Nemotron 3.5 LightningNous Portal$0.06 / $0.16 $0.07 / $0.187% dearer · 16 Sept 2026

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, at $0.16 per million tokens against $0.35 for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B, three parts input to one part output, read on 17 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: $0.16 at NanoGPT. Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: $0.35 at Vercel AI Gateway.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 9 providers sell both: Vercel AI Gateway, Kilo Gateway, Nous Portal, TrustedRouter, Eden AI, DeepInfra, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Vercel AI Gateway.
Which holds more context?: Both hold 262k tokens in one call.

Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 17 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.