NVIDIA
·Released on Aug 11, 2026

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning API Benchmarks, Pricing & Provider Data

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Nemotron 3.5 Lightning benchmark, API pricing, and provider data cover undefined API provider} other undefined API providers}}, with prices starting at $0.00000001/request. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning free API options are available from undefined provider} other undefined providers}}. The page also shows measured API speed and first-token latency.

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...

Speed
#8of 80
391char/s
34.71 s
Cost
#4of 186
$0.00000001/ 1M · 8:1 in:out
$0.0000000016 in · $0.0000000084 out

Category Performance

Observed-capability estimates with uncertainty reported separately from independent benchmark families.

Coverage
2 / 8
Methodology
V3.0
Category PerformanceObserved-capability estimates with uncertainty reported separately from independent benchmark families.Agents-Coding42.5Reasoning48.7Knowledge-Math-Multilingual-Multimodal-Instruction following-
#1Reasoning48.7Provisional1/4 Measured dimensions
80% interval: 34.862.6
abstract logicPrior only
scientific causal48.7
gpqa · gpqa / hle · hle
multistep constraintsPrior only
evidence verificationPrior only
#2Coding42.5Provisional1/4 Measured dimensions
80% interval: 26.558.5
code generation42.5
scicode · scicode
repository engineeringPrior only
debugging testingPrior only
tooling qualityPrior only
No data:AgentsKnowledgeMathMultilingualMultimodalInstruction following

Specifications

Input and output token limits for this model, plus how it ranks on long-context understanding.

INPUT
262.1Ktokens
314.6 pages of text
OUTPUT
131.1Ktokens
8K128K1M4M
262.1K

Features

Technical Details

Input
Output
Total parameters
30B
Active parameters
3B
Released
Aug 2026
Tokenizer
Other
Architecture
text->text
Moderated
No
Supported parameters
frequency_penaltyinclude_reasoninglogit_biaslogprobsmax_tokensmin_ppresence_penaltyreasoningrepetition_penaltyresponse_formatseedstopstructured_outputstemperaturetool_choicetoolstop_ktop_logprobstop_p

Rankings

Excels at

Detailed scores

Updated: Sep 13, 2026

Speed & latency

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Output speed292.1 tok/s#8 / 80Time to first token0.55 s#12 / 80
Output speed
LMSpeed rank#8
Score292.1 tok/s
UpdatedSep 13, 2026
Confidence4
Time to first token
LMSpeed rank#12
Score0.55 s
UpdatedSep 13, 2026
Confidence4

Pricing

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Input price$0.060/M#4 / 186Output price$0.200/M#3 / 186
Input price
LMSpeed rank#4
Score$0.060/M
UpdatedSep 13, 2026
Confidence4
Output price
LMSpeed rank#3
Score$0.200/M
UpdatedSep 13, 2026
Confidence4

Agents

V3.0

undefined metric} other undefined metrics}} · No data

No data80% interval30.8–69.20/4 Measured dimensions
Dimensions and evidence
Planning & decompositionPrior only
Tool usePrior only
Environment & long-horizon executionPrior only
Recovery & completion reliabilityPrior only

Coding

V3.0

undefined metric} other undefined metrics}} · Provisional

Score42.580% interval26.5–58.51/4 Measured dimensionsSciCode32.1%#81 / 89
Dimensions and evidence
Code generation42.5
undefined family} other undefined families}} · undefined metric} other undefined metrics}}
scicode · scicode · z -1.17 · q 1.00
Repository engineeringPrior only
Debugging & testingPrior only
Tool-assisted development & qualityPrior only
SciCodeV3 evidence
LMSpeed rank#81
Score32.1%
UpdatedSep 13, 2026
Confidence4

Reasoning

V3.0

undefined metric} other undefined metrics}} · Provisional

Score48.780% interval34.8–62.61/4 Measured dimensionsGPQA74.3%#127 / 218HLE10.6%#119 / 216
Dimensions and evidence
Abstract logicPrior only
Scientific & causal reasoning48.7
undefined family} other undefined families}} · undefined metric} other undefined metrics}}
gpqa · gpqa · z -0.19 · q 1.00
hle · hle · z -0.25 · q 1.00
Multi-step constraintsPrior only
Evidence integration & verificationPrior only
GPQAV3 evidence
LMSpeed rank#127
Score74.3%
UpdatedSep 13, 2026
Confidence4
HLEV3 evidence
LMSpeed rank#119
Score10.6%
UpdatedSep 13, 2026
Confidence4

Knowledge

V3.0

undefined metric} other undefined metrics}} · No data

No data80% interval30.8–69.20/4 Measured dimensions
Dimensions and evidence
Broad knowledgePrior only
Professional knowledgePrior only
FactualityPrior only
Retrieval & open-book usePrior only

Math

V3.0

undefined metric} other undefined metrics}} · No data

No data80% interval30.8–69.20/4 Measured dimensions
Dimensions and evidence
Foundational mathPrior only
Competition mathPrior only
Advanced proofsPrior only
Applied & tool-assisted mathPrior only

Multilingual

V3.0

undefined metric} other undefined metrics}} · No data

No data80% interval30.8–69.20/4 Measured dimensions
Dimensions and evidence
Cross-language understandingPrior only
Multilingual generationPrior only
Reasoning transferPrior only
Low-resource robustnessPrior only

Multimodal

V3.0

undefined metric} other undefined metrics}} · No data

No data80% interval30.8–69.20/4 Measured dimensions
Dimensions and evidence
Perception & OCRPrior only
Document & spatial understandingPrior only
Visual reasoningPrior only
Video & grounded actionPrior only

Instruction following

V3.0

undefined metric} other undefined metrics}} · No data

No data80% interval30.8–69.20/4 Measured dimensions
Dimensions and evidence
Constraint followingPrior only
Structured outputPrior only
Novel-instruction generalizationPrior only
Multi-turn & long instructionsPrior only

OpenRouter endpoints

4 endpoints

Third-party OpenRouter endpoint data, shown separately from LMSpeed measurements. Some 30-minute live performance fields only appear after syncing with an OpenRouter API key.

Provider endpointInputOutput1d uptime30m latency30m throughputContext / output
CoreWeave
coreweave/bf16
$0.100/M$0.250/M100%undefined tokens / undefined tokens
DeepInfra
deepinfra/bf16
$0.080/M$0.200/M99.9%undefined tokens / undefined tokens
Phala
phala
$0.080/M$0.200/M99.9%undefined tokens / undefined tokens
Darkbloom
darkbloom/int4
$0.065/M$0.180/M94.7%undefined tokens / undefined tokens

Pricing Comparison

Compare Nemotron 3.5 Lightning API pricing across 24 providers. Prices range from $0.00000001/request to $75.00/M. Future Hub offers the lowest rate at $0.00000001/request. 5 providers offer free API credits or a free tier.

ProviderHealthModel VariantGroupInput ($/M)Output ($/M)Speed (t/s)First tokenAudit
L1
100%
nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning:free
default
$75.00/M
$75.00/M
L1
99%
L2
100%
nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b
nvidia-free
Free
Free
L1
100%
nemotron-3.5-lightning-free
default
$7.50/M
$7.50/M
L1
100%
nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b
default
$7.50/M
$7.50/M
L1
100%
nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b
NVIDIA英伟达
$0.00005/request
-
L1
100%
nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning:free
free
$0.00005/request
-
L1
99%
nemotron-3.5-lightning
default
$0.073/request
-
L1
100%
nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b
default
$75.00/M
$75.00/M
L1
94%
L2
97%
nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b
NIM
Free
Free
L1
94%
L2
97%
oc/nemotron-3.5-lightning
default
$0.0000515/request
-
L1
39%
nemotron-3.5-lightning-free
公益
Free
Free
L1
100%
nemotron-3.5-lightning
default
$0.010/request
-
L1
100%
nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning
openrouter
-63%$0.022/M
Cache read$0.011/M
-73%$0.055/M
L1
65%
nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b
free
Free
Free
L1
0%
nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b
default
-54%$0.027/M
-86%$0.027/M
L1
0%
nemotron-3.5-lightning
openrouter
$0.00000001/request
-
L1
0%
nemotron-3.5-lightning
user
$0.730/M
$2.19/M
L1
0%
nemotron-3.5-lightning
无限制
$0.730/M
$2.19/M

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Frequently Asked Questions

What benchmark data does Nemotron 3.5 Lightning include?
LMSpeed shows Nemotron 3.5 Lightning benchmark context, API price, output speed, first-token latency, and provider data across 29 providers when those signals are available.
What is the Nemotron 3.5 Lightning API price?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has pricing from undefined provider} other undefined providers}}, ranging from $0.00000001/request to $75.00/M. Future Hub has the lowest listed price.
What does the Nemotron 3.5 Lightning API pricing table include?
The Nemotron 3.5 Lightning API pricing table compares 29 providers by input price, output price, free tier status, speed, first-token latency, and recent health data when available.
Which provider has the cheapest Nemotron 3.5 Lightning API pricing?
Future Hub currently has the lowest listed Nemotron 3.5 Lightning price at $0.00000001/request across undefined provider} other undefined providers}}.
Can I compare Nemotron 3.5 Lightning API price and speed together?
Yes. LMSpeed shows Nemotron 3.5 Lightning API price, output speed, first-token latency, and provider health on the same page so you can compare cost and performance together.
Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning API free?
Yes, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning free API options are available through 5 providerundefined other undefined} on LMSpeed, including DeadlySignal API, DeadlySignal API, 初叶🍂Furry API, S3AI API, Dext API. These providers offer free API credits or a free tier with no per-token charges.
Where can I get Nemotron 3.5 Lightning free API access?
LMSpeed currently lists 5 free API providerundefined other undefined} for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: DeadlySignal API, DeadlySignal API, 初叶🍂Furry API, S3AI API, Dext API. Check each provider row before using it because free tier limits can change.

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