Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B or Nova Lite 1.0?

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B, at $0.35 per million tokens against $0.42 for Nova Lite 1.0, three parts input to one part output, read on 17 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: $0.35 at Vercel AI Gateway. Nova Lite 1.0: nobody goes below OpenRouter's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.42 is the number to beat.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 4 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, 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.

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B vs Nova Lite 1.0.

model vs model · prices as of 17 Sept 2026

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B and Nova Lite 1.0 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 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 ↗

Amazon

Nova Lite 1.0

$0.42/M tokens

OpenRouter list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.0504 per 1,000 pages

300k context · tool calling · reads images

List price in (lower wins)

$0.06/M

List price out (lower wins)

$0.24/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

$0.35/M at Vercel AI Gateway

none below list

Standard price (lower wins)

$0.42/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.042

$0.0504

Context

262k tokens

300k tokens

Open weights

yes

not stated

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

yes

Reads images

yes

Reasoning

yes

Released

14 Dec 2025

5 Dec 2024

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

OpenRouter

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

not stated

no provider to check

Providers selling both · 4

Kilo Gateway$0.35 / $0.42
Nous Portal$0.35 / $0.42
OpenRouter$0.42 / $0.42
NanoGPT$1.19 / $0.42

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B then Nova Lite 1.0, per million tokens

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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 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
Nova Lite 1.0Nous Portal$0.05 / $0.19 $0.06 / $0.2425% dearer · 16 Sept 2026

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B or Nova Lite 1.0?: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B, at $0.35 per million tokens against $0.42 for Nova Lite 1.0, three parts input to one part output, read on 17 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: $0.35 at Vercel AI Gateway. Nova Lite 1.0: nobody goes below OpenRouter's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.42 is the number to beat.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 4 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, 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 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.