NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B is a reasoning model from NVIDIA released on Aug 11, 2026. It reads text and writes text, with a 262K token context window and up to 262K tokens per reply.
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It costs $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens. Cached input bills at $0.01, 80% less than fresh input.
It supports tool calling, structured JSON output and prompt caching, and its weights are open, so you can host it yourself.
11 providers serve it, including Fireworks AI, Vercel AI Gateway and Nebius Token Factory. The lowest input price is $0.025 per million tokens at Kilo Gateway.
- Modalities
- In / out price
- $0.05 / $0.20 per 1M
- Context
- 262K
- Max output
- 262K
- Released
- Aug 11, 2026
- Knowledge cutoff
- n/a
- Tool calling
- Structured output
- Reasoning
- Prompt caching
- Open weights
- Free to use
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B pricing
USD, as listed on Oct 15, 2026. Most bills are input heavy, so the cached input rate matters as much as the headline price.
| Input | $0.05 / 1M tokens | |
|---|---|---|
| Output | $0.20 / 1M tokens | |
| Cached input (read) | $0.01 / 1M tokens | 80% off input |
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B providers
11 providers serve it, including Fireworks AI, Vercel AI Gateway and Nebius Token Factory. The lowest input price is $0.025 per million tokens at Kilo Gateway. Each host sets its own price and limits, so the cheapest one is not always the one with the longest context.
| Provider | Input /M | Output /M | Cache read /M | Context | Max output |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nvidia First party | $0 | $0 | – | 262K | 262K |
| Fireworks AI | $0.05 | $0.20 | $0.01 | 262K | 262K |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $0.05 | $0.20 | $0.01 | 262K | 131K |
| Nebius Token Factory | $0.06 | $0.24 | $0.06 | 1.05M | 1.05M |
| Kilo Gateway | $0.025 | $0.12 | $0.0125 | 262K | 236K |
| RunInfra | $0.05 | $0.15 | $0.01 | 262K | 33K |
| CoreWeave | $0.07 | $0.20 | $0.04 | 262K | 262K |
| NanoGPT | $0.08 | $0.20 | $0.04 | 262K | 66K |
| Pioneer | $0.50 | $0.50 | $0.50 | 8K | 4K |
| AIHubMix | n/a | n/a | – | 262K | 262K |
| Merge Gateway | n/a | n/a | – | 1M | 262K |
What Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B costs per month
Pick a workload close to yours or type your own volumes.
Supported request parameters
What you can set when you call Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B through an OpenAI compatible API.
- Tools
tools - Structured outputs
structured_outputs - Reasoning
reasoning - Temperature
temperature
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Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B questions
How much does the Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B API cost?
$0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.01. The estimator on this page turns that into a monthly bill for your own workload.
What is the context window of Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B?
262,144 tokens of input, and it can write up to 262,144 tokens in one reply. As a rough guide, a million tokens is around 750,000 English words.
Which providers serve Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B?
11 providers serve it, including Fireworks AI, Vercel AI Gateway and Nebius Token Factory. The lowest input price is $0.025 per million tokens at Kilo Gateway. Prices differ by host, so the Providers table on this page lists each one with its input and output price.
Does Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B support tool calling?
Yes. It accepts tool definitions and can return JSON that matches a schema, which is what an agent needs to call your APIs.
Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B open source?
Its weights are published, so you can run it on your own hardware or a cloud of your choice. Read the license before commercial use.
When was Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B released?
Aug 11, 2026.
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Building on Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B?
I test your real tasks on it and the two closest alternatives, then ship the agent on whichever wins on cost and accuracy.
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