Nvidia lists 22 models and Reflection 1. Nvidia is cheaper on a typical model ($0.18 per 1M tokens median). Below: line-up, price tiers, the cheapest model for each capability, and what each costs for five real workloads.
| Nvidia | Reflection | |
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 22 | 1 |
| Models with published pricing | 22 | 1 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $0.18 | $1.50 |
| Cheapest paid model | NVIDIA: Switchyard ($-1000000.0000) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) |
| Longest context | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (1.0M) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B (1.0M) |
| Free models | 9 | 0 |
| Newest model | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (2026-10-15) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B (2026-10-16) |
| Price changes in the last 90 days | 35 | 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 | Reflection |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $-95000000.0000 with NVIDIA: Switchyard | $135 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $-130000000.0000 with NVIDIA: Switchyard | $150 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B |
| 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 | $156 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B |
| Batch summarisation 10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page | $-86000000.0000 with NVIDIA: Switchyard | $98.00 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass | $-51000000.0000 with NVIDIA: Switchyard | $53.00 with Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B |
| You need | Nvidia | Reflection |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | NVIDIA: Switchyard ($-1000000.0000) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) |
| With tool calling | NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 9B V2 ($0.07) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) |
| With image input | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Super VL ($0.18) | none listed |
| With reasoning mode | NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 9B V2 ($0.07) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) |
| 128K+ context | NVIDIA: Switchyard ($-1000000.0000) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) |
| 1M+ context | NVIDIA: Switchyard ($-1000000.0000) | Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($1.50) |
| Model type | Nvidia | Reflection |
|---|---|---|
| text+image+audio+video->text | 1 | 0 |
| text+image+video->text | 4 | 0 |
| text+image->text | 2 | 0 |
| text->text | 15 | 1 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | Nvidia | Reflection |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 9 | 0 |
| Under $0.50 | 8 | 0 |
| $0.50 – $3 | 4 | 1 |
| $3 – $10 | 0 | 0 |
| $10 and up | 0 | 0 |
Nvidia is cheaper on a typical model: a median of $0.18 per 1M tokens (3:1 input/output) against $1.50 for Reflection. The cheapest paid models are NVIDIA: Switchyard at $-1000000.0000 and Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B at $1.50.
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 Reflection lists 1.
It is a tie: Nvidia's longest is NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Super VL at 1.0M tokens; Reflection's is Reflection: Beam 1.0 501B A23B at 1.0M.
Nvidia: 9 free models (e.g. NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (free)). Reflection: none.
Nvidia: 7 of 22 models accept images. Reflection: 0 of 1.