Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B or Solar Mini 4?

Neither: both run at $0.35 per million tokens, three parts input to one part output, read on 24 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: nobody goes below OpenRouter's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.35 is the number to beat. Solar Mini 4: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.35 is the number to beat.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 4 providers sell both: Nous Portal, OpenRouter, Kilo Gateway, NanoGPT. The cheapest of them for the two together is Nous Portal.

Which holds more context?

Solar Mini 4, at 524k tokens against 262k.

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B vs Solar Mini 4.

model vs model · prices as of 24 Sept 2026

Solar Mini 4 takes 1 of 5 rounds against Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B. Both cost $0.35 per million tokens to run.

NVIDIA

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

$0.35/M tokens

OpenRouter list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.042 per 1,000 pages

262k context · tool calling · open weights

Upstagewins 1 rounds

Solar Mini 4

$0.35/M tokens

Upstage list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.042 per 1,000 pages

524k context · tool calling

List price in (lower wins)

$0.05/M

List price out (lower wins)

$0.20/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

none below list

Standard price (lower wins)

$0.35/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.042

Context

262k tokens

524k tokens

Open weights

yes

not stated

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

yes

Reads images

Reasoning

yes

Released

14 Dec 2025

23 Sept 2026

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

OpenRouter

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

no provider to check

Providers selling both · 4

Nous Portal$0.35 / $0.35
OpenRouter$0.35 / $0.35
Kilo Gateway$0.35 / $0.70
NanoGPT$1.19 / $0.35

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B then Solar Mini 4, 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$0.06 / $0.24 $0.05 / $0.2017% cheaper · 22 Sept 2026
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BOpenRouter$0.06 / $0.24 $0.05 / $0.2017% cheaper · 22 Sept 2026

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B or Solar Mini 4?: Neither: both run at $0.35 per million tokens, three parts input to one part output, read on 24 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: nobody goes below OpenRouter's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.35 is the number to beat. Solar Mini 4: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.35 is the number to beat.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 4 providers sell both: Nous Portal, OpenRouter, Kilo Gateway, NanoGPT. The cheapest of them for the two together is Nous Portal.
Which holds more context?: Solar Mini 4, at 524k tokens against 262k.

Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 24 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.