Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning Free
Lower and Larger mark one number at a time; they don’t rank the models. How well a model does depends on your task; see Benchmarks for measured results.
| Detail | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30Bnvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning Freenvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-free |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | nvidia | nvidia |
| Kind | Chat | Chat |
| Input per 1M tokens | $0.0525 | Free Lower |
| Cached input per 1M tokens | $0.0105 | Not applicable |
| Cache write per 1M tokens | Same as input | Not applicable |
| Output per 1M tokens | $0.21 | Free Lower |
| Context window | 262,144 tokens | 1,000,000 tokens Larger |
| Max output | 131,072 tokens Larger | 65,000 tokens |
| Capabilities | Reasoning, tool use | Reasoning, tool use |
| Takes | Text | Text |
| Returns | Text | Text |
| Zero data retention | Not on every provider | Not on every provider |
| No training on requests | Not on every provider | Not on every provider |
| Released | 2026-08-11 | 2026-10-14 |
Example costs
Example requests, priced at today’s rates with no cached input.
| Example request | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning Free |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 tokens in, 200 out | $0.000095 | $0.00 |
| 10,000 tokens in, 1,000 out | $0.000735 | $0.00 |
| 100,000 tokens in, 4,000 out | $0.00609 | $0.00 |