NNVIDIA · Released Aug 11, 2026
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is an open mixture-of-experts model from NVIDIA, with 3B active parameters out of 30B total. It is suited for high-throughput agentic workloads and specialized tasks that...
- Released
- Aug 11 2026
- Context window
- 262K 236K out
- Input / 1M tokens
- $0.07 from $0.025
- Output / 1M tokens
- $0.20 from $0.12
Where to run it
4 providers compared
Cheapest: Darkbloom at $0.025 / $0.12 per 1M input / output tokens — 52% less than the priciest option.
| Provider | Input | Output | Cache read | Context | Max output | Uptime | vs. best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DarkbloomINT4 | $0.025 | $0.12 | $0.012 | 262K | 33K | 100%24h | Cheapest |
| Io Net | $0.047 | $0.13 | $0.023 | 262K | 131K | 99.8%24h | +41% |
| DeepInfraBF16 | $0.06 | $0.16 | $0.03 | 262K | 33K | 100%24h | +74% |
| CoreWeaveBF16 | $0.07 | $0.20 | $0.04 | 262K | 236K | 100%24h | +110% |
Benchmarks
Benchmark scores
No benchmark scores yet — Epoch AI hasn't evaluated Nemotron 3.5 Lightning. Scores appear here automatically once it does.
Specs
Details
- Model ID
nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning- Developer
- NVIDIA
- Release date
- Aug 11, 2026 ·
- Context window
- 262,144 tokens
- Max output
- 235,929 tokens
- API price
- $0.07 / $0.20 per 1M input / output tokens
- Providers
- 4
- Input types
- text
- Reasoning
- Yes
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Open weights
- Yes
- Free tier
- Yes
Release date, prices and providers from OpenRouter's catalog; buying directly from a provider can cost a little differently. Uptime is the share of OpenRouter requests each provider served over the last day. Benchmark scores are the best result per benchmark from Epoch AI, licensed CC BY 4.0. Rank counts every model tracked here with a score.