Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Nova Lite 1.0
Prices checked
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning takes 3 of 5 rounds against Nova Lite 1.0. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.04 per million tokens against $0.10.
NVIDIAWins 3 roundsNemotron 3.5 Lightning
262k context · tool calling · open weights
$0.04/M tokensCheapest price, at NanoGPT · 3.1¢ per 1,000 pages
Nova Lite 1.0
300k context · tool calling · reads images
$0.10/M tokensOpenRouter's own price · 5¢ per 1,000 pages
Maker's price in (lower wins)
$0.07/M
$0.06/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$0.20/M
$0.24/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
$0.04/M at NanoGPT
none below the maker
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$0.10/M
$0.10/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
3.1¢
5¢
Context
262k tokens
300k tokens
Open weights
yes
not published
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
no
Reads images
no
yes
Reasoning
yes
no
Released
11 Aug 2026
5 Dec 2024
Providers selling it
18
7
Price we measure against
OpenRouter
OpenRouter
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not published
no provider to check
Providers selling both · 4
NanoGPT$0.04 / $0.10
Kilo Gateway$0.05 / $0.10
Nous Portal$0.10 / $0.10
OpenRouter$0.10 / $0.10
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, then Nova Lite 1.0, per million tokens.
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or change the weighting, in the tool.
What moved this week
io.net Intelligence · 3% dearer · 5.1¢ / $0.17 5.2¢ / $0.16- Nous Portal · 110% dearer · 7¢ / $0.20 2.5¢ / $0.12
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning or Nova Lite 1.0?
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, at $0.04 per million tokens against $0.10 for Nova Lite 1.0, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 31 Oct 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: $0.04 at NanoGPT. Nova Lite 1.0: nobody sells it below OpenRouter's own price with a stated reason, so $0.10 is the number to beat.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 4 providers sell both: NanoGPT, Kilo Gateway, Nous Portal, OpenRouter. The cheapest of them for the two together is NanoGPT.
- Which holds more context?
- Nova Lite 1.0, at 300k tokens against 262k.
Prices exclude tax, read 31 Oct 2026 from each provider's own catalog. They are per M tokens, blended 3 in : 1 out, and a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.
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