NVIDIA

NVIDIA: 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...

Context Window
262K tokens
Parameters
3B
Input Price
$0.10/1M
Output Price
$0.25/1M
Price Tier
budget
Provider
NVIDIA

How to Use NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

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NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning at a Glance

Among the 389 chat models on CoreAI, NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning ranks #155 by context window — 262K tokens, roughly 196,608 words or 393 pages of text in a single conversation. On price, it is the #48 cheapest of 127 budget-tier models by input cost. Released 2026-08-11, it is one of the 2 newest additions to the catalog. It supports step-by-step reasoning (thinking mode).

NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning Compared to Its Closest Alternatives

SpecNVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 LightningNVIDIA: Nemotron 3 SuperinclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Tiny (free)inclusionAI: Ling-2.6-flash
ProviderNVIDIANVIDIAInclusionaiInclusionai
Input $/1M tokens$0.1$0.085Free$0.01
Output $/1M tokens$0.25$0.4Free$0.03
Context window262K262K262K262K
Reasoning modeYesYesYesNo
Image inputNoNoNoNo
Price tierbudgetbudgetbudgetbudget

Every model in this table is available on CoreAI — open the web app and run the same prompt through NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super side by side to judge with your own eyes.

What NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning Actually Costs in Practice

A typical question (about 1,000 tokens in, 500 out) runs $0.00022 on NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning's raw per-token rates; a heavy session with a 50K-token document costs about $0.006. On CoreAI you don't juggle these numbers — one subscription covers NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and 300+ other models under a plan usage limit, with no API keys. See plans.

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Frequently Asked Questions about NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

What is NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning's context window?

NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning handles 262K tokens of context — roughly 196,608 words, or about 393 pages of text in one conversation.

How much does NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning cost?

NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning's underlying rates are $0.1 per 1M input tokens and $0.25 per 1M output tokens. On CoreAI it is included in one subscription alongside 300+ models, so there is no per-token billing to manage.

Can NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning process images?

No — NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is text-only. If you need image understanding, its budget-tier peers with vision are listed in the comparison table above.

Does NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning support reasoning or thinking mode?

Yes. NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning can work through problems step by step before answering; on CoreAI you can toggle thinking mode per message.

How can I use NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning without an API key?

Open the CoreAI web app or the iOS/Android app, pick NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning in the model selector, and chat — no API key, no per-token billing. One subscription covers NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and 300+ other models.

What are the best alternatives to NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

The closest alternatives on CoreAI are NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super, inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Tiny (free), inclusionAI: Ling-2.6-flash — similar tier and capability. The fastest way to choose is running one prompt through them side by side in CoreAI's Compare view.

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