NVIDIA lists 22 models and Particle Ai 1. NVIDIA is cheaper on a typical model ($0.24 per 1M tokens median). Below: line-up, price tiers, the cheapest model for each capability, and what each costs for five real workloads.
| NVIDIA | Particle Ai | |
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 22 | 1 |
| Models with published pricing | 22 | 1 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $0.24 | $0.44 |
| Cheapest paid model | NVIDIA: Switchyard ($-1000000.0000) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| Longest context | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (1.0M) | Particle AI: Particle-1 (1.0M) |
| Free models | 9 | 0 |
| Newest model | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (2026-10-15) | Particle AI: Particle-1 (2026-10-28) |
| Price changes in the last 90 days | 39 | 0 |
For each workload: the cheapest model from each provider that can actually do it (fits the context window; tool calling required for the agent), and its monthly cost at list price.
| Workload (per month) | NVIDIA | Particle Ai |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $-95000000.0000 with NVIDIA: Switchyard | $38.75 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $-130000000.0000 with NVIDIA: Switchyard | $40.00 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| Coding / tool-using agent 2,000 tasks — each a multi-step task with tool calls and file context | $6.72 with NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 9B V2 | $42.00 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| Batch summarisation 10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page | $-86000000.0000 with NVIDIA: Switchyard | $26.00 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass | $-51000000.0000 with NVIDIA: Switchyard | $13.50 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| You need | NVIDIA | Particle Ai |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | NVIDIA: Switchyard ($-1000000.0000) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| With tool calling | NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 9B V2 ($0.07) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| With image input | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety ($0.20) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| With reasoning mode | NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 9B V2 ($0.07) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| 128K+ context | NVIDIA: Switchyard ($-1000000.0000) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| 1M+ context | NVIDIA: Switchyard ($-1000000.0000) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| Model type | NVIDIA | Particle Ai |
|---|---|---|
| text+image+audio+video->text | 1 | 0 |
| text+image+video->text | 4 | 0 |
| text+image->text | 2 | 1 |
| text->text | 15 | 0 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | NVIDIA | Particle Ai |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 9 | 0 |
| Under $0.50 | 7 | 1 |
| $0.50 – $3 | 5 | 0 |
| $3 – $10 | 0 | 0 |
| $10 and up | 0 | 0 |
NVIDIA is cheaper on a typical model: a median of $0.24 per 1M tokens (3:1 input/output) against $0.44 for Particle Ai. The cheapest paid models are NVIDIA: Switchyard at $-1000000.0000 and Particle AI: Particle-1 at $0.44.
It depends on the job: NVIDIA offers the broader line-up (22 models vs 1), NVIDIA the lower typical price. The workload table above shows which wins for chat, RAG, agents, batch jobs and long documents.
NVIDIA: NVIDIA lists 22 models and Particle Ai lists 1.
It is a tie: NVIDIA's longest is NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super at 1.0M tokens; Particle Ai's is Particle AI: Particle-1 at 1.0M.
NVIDIA: 9 free models (e.g. NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (free)). Particle Ai: none.
NVIDIA: 7 of 22 models accept images. Particle Ai: 1 of 1.