Context
1M
Max output
1M
Serving providers
3
Cheapest input
$0.05 /1M
On-demand listed rates, OpenRouter routed quotes and Vercel reseller quotes. Enterprise commitments (committed-use discounts, provisioned throughput, negotiated rates) can be materially lower. An OpenRouter routed quote is the price of whichever upstream provider OpenRouter prefers today, so it moves day to day.

Benchmarks

independent evaluations · source: Artificial Analysis
Speed & latency
Output speed
301 t/s
tokens / second
Time to first token
0.60s
latency
Headline indices
26.8
of 100
Frozen Sep 9, 2026
6.1
of 100
Frozen Sep 9, 2026
Individual benchmarks · click a row for effort variants
BenchmarkBest scoreEffortCost / task
Automation Bench0.0default—
CritPt0%default—
EvalComputeProxyFrozen Aug 18, 2026238.1default—
GDPval v2Frozen Aug 18, 2026823.6default—
GPQA Diamond74%default—
Humanity's Last Exam11%default—
Long-Context Reasoning60%default—
Mlcr OverallFrozen Sep 9, 20260.0default—
Omniscience-17.7default—
Omniscience Accuracy0.1default—
Omniscience Non Hallucination0.6default—
SciCode32%default—
Terminal Bench400.0default—
TerminalBench v2.124%default—
τ-bench Banking9%default—
Artificial Analysis last published scores for this benchmark on Sep 9, 2026. Scores here are frozen at that date, and models released since are not on it.
Artificial Analysis last published scores for this benchmark on Aug 18, 2026. Scores here are frozen at that date, and models released since are not on it.

Pricing by serving provider

standard tier · per 1M tokens · click a provider to expand

Input pricing runs from $0.05 to $0.07 per 1M tokens across 3 providers, so the dearest route costs 40% more than the cheapest for the same model.

Serving providerInput /1MOutput /1MEndpoints
VercelRouted quoteVercel reseller quote$0.05$0.201
Standardnvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning
ComponentUnitStandard
Text cached in/1M tok$0.01
Text input/1M tok$0.05
Text output/1M tok$0.20
Nebius$0.06$0.241
OpenRouter$0.07$0.201
OpenRouter (free)Free tier only—1
Vercel (free)Vercel reseller quoteFree tier only—1

Price history

OpenRouter routed quote

OpenRouter's price is a routed quote. It moves with whichever upstream route OpenRouter prefers that day, so we do not track it as a price history.

Cost calculator

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Model IDs

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Frequently asked questions

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning pricing, context and availability

How much does Nemotron 3.5 Lightning cost?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning costs $0.05 per 1M input tokens as a Vercel reseller quote, and $0.20 per 1M output tokens as an OpenRouter routed quote. A Vercel reseller quote is the price Vercel lists for serving this model, not the maker list price, so it moves when Vercel re-routes. An OpenRouter routed quote is the price of whichever upstream provider OpenRouter prefers today, so it moves day to day. Across 3 serving providers, input prices range from $0.05 to $0.07 per 1M tokens.

What is the context window of Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning accepts up to 1M tokens of context and can return up to 1M output tokens.

Which providers serve Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is available from 3 serving providers, each with its own pricing and model ID. Vercel is currently the cheapest, as a routed quote.

What can Nemotron 3.5 Lightning do?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning supports tool use and reasoning.

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