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MODEL PROOF # Nemotron 3.5 Lightning NVIDIA · 11 Aug 2026 Balanced Summarise Chat Code gen Agentic NOT INDEPENDENTLY RATED ## No independent LMArena score is published for this model. **$0.085** / 1M tokens Balanced · 3 tokens in per 1 out Serving precision differs between offers. Evidence as of 06 Oct 2026 [openrouter/models](https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models) Independent LMArena score Not independently rated Context window 262.14K Maximum output 32.77K Input modalities text Output modalities text Published input price $0.060 / 1M tokens Published output price $0.160 / 1M tokens Pricing kind fixed Inspect [complete billing conditions](#billing-details) and endpoint terms below. Price from DeepInfra: the cheapest offer that is serving, at standard delivery and at a declared precision that is not 4-bit (bf16), at its standard rate. The maker’s own precision is not known. Cheaper right now: $0.072/M at Io Net — promotion 30% · precision not disclosed It does not pass the like-for-like test, so it never sets a rank. Every price dimension · USD per million tokens | Input | $0.060 /M | | --- | --- | | Output | $0.160 /M | | Cached input | $0.030 /M | | Cache write | Unknown /M | | Cache write 1h | Unknown /M | | Reasoning | Unknown /M | ### Who sells it The same weights, different shops. Cheapest is not like-for-like when serving precision differs. Headline cheapest is a lower precision. Like-for-like at the best declared precision is $0.060/M from DeepInfra. 5 provider offers · rates, limits and conditions Rates are USD per million tokens. Endpoint terms can differ even when the quoted price and precision match. A listed parameter is a provider declaration, not a task-success test. | Seller | Input | Output | Precision | Uptime (1d) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Seller Darkbloom darkbloom/int4 Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.020 Context limit 262,144 tokens Output limit 32,768 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes 99.84% | Input $0.039 | Output $0.180 | Precision int4 | Uptime (1d) 99.34% | | Seller Io Net io-net Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.025 Context limit 262,144 tokens Output limit 131,072 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount 30% · already included in these rates Uptime · last 30 minutes 99.20% | Input $0.049 | Output $0.140 | Precision undeclared | Uptime (1d) 99.66% | | Seller DeepInfra deepinfra/bf16 Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.030 Context limit 262,144 tokens Output limit 32,768 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes 99.96% | Input $0.060 | Output $0.160 | Precision bf16 | Uptime (1d) 99.98% | | Seller CoreWeave coreweave/bf16 Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.040 Context limit 262,144 tokens Output limit 235,929 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes 100.00% | Input $0.070 | Output $0.200 | Precision bf16 | Uptime (1d) 100.00% | | Seller Phala phala Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.040 Context limit 262,144 tokens Output limit 235,929 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes 99.89% | Input $0.070 | Output $0.200 | Precision undeclared | Uptime (1d) 99.83% | ### Independent scores No independent benchmark has measured this model. Unrated is not a score of zero. ### Capability | Context window | 262K | | --- | --- | | Max output | 32K | | Input modes | text | | Tool use | yes | | Reasoning | optional | | Open weights | Unknown | ### Provenance | Price source | [openrouter.ai](https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models) | | --- | --- | | Fetched | 2026-10-06 | | Quality data | unrated | 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... ## Questions this page answers What does Nemotron 3.5 Lightning cost? $0.060/M in, $0.160/M out in this catalogue, as of the fetch date on this page. That is the API row, not a subscription. Does Nemotron 3.5 Lightning have an independent quality score? Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has no independent quality score in this catalogue. Unrated is not a score of zero. What beats Nemotron 3.5 Lightning? Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has no independent quality score. Unrated is not a score of zero. Does this page use Artificial Analysis scores for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning? No. Artificial Analysis figures are not published here. Quality on this page is LMArena Elo where a score exists; otherwise the row is unrated. Does a missing score mean Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scored zero? Unrated is not a score of zero. Is the cheapest Nemotron 3.5 Lightning endpoint the same product? Headline cheapest is a lower precision. Like-for-like at the best declared precision is $0.060/M from DeepInfra. MODEL MONUMENT ## Save or share this proof Download proof card · 1200 × 630 Preview and more sharing options NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning. Balanced workload. Not independently rated. Evidence as of 06 Oct 2026. Copy model link Download square card · 1080 × 1080 Copy landscape image Share landscape card ## Related No independent quality score, so there is no dominator to name. 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