Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B vs Nova Lite 1.0
Prices checked
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B and Nova Lite 1.0 split the 5 rounds this table counts: the maker's two prices, the cheapest price, the maker's blended price and context. The weighting you pick decides the rest.
NVIDIANemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
262k context · tool calling · open weights
$0.09/M tokensCheapest price, at Vercel AI Gateway · 4.2¢ 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)
$0.06/M
$0.06/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$0.24/M
$0.24/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
$0.09/M at Vercel AI Gateway
none below the maker
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$0.10/M
$0.10/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
4.2¢
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
14 Dec 2025
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 · 5
Kilo Gateway$0.10 / $0.10
Nous Portal$0.10 / $0.10
OpenRouter$0.10 / $0.10
Cortecs$0.11 / $0.12
NanoGPT$0.30 / $0.10
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B, then Nova Lite 1.0, per million tokens.
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Add a third or fourth model, or change the weighting, in the tool.
What moved this week
- Cortecs · 4% cheaper · 6¢ / $0.24 6.3¢ / $0.25
- Kilo Gateway · 20% dearer · 6¢ / $0.24 5¢ / $0.20
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B or Nova Lite 1.0?
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B, at $0.09 per million tokens against $0.10 for Nova Lite 1.0, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 7 Nov 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: $0.09 at Vercel AI Gateway. 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. 5 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, Cortecs, NanoGPT. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.
- Which holds more context?
- Nova Lite 1.0, at 300k tokens against 262k.
Prices exclude tax, read 7 Nov 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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