NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning✓ Catalog verified
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...
Overview
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...
Access: available through the official Nvidia API. Context window: 262K.
Specifications
| API identifier | nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning |
| Provider | Nvidia |
| Model type | Text LLM |
| Context window | 262K catalog |
| Input modalities | text |
| Output modalities | text |
| Released | Aug 11, 2026 |
| Moderated | No |
| Architecture modality | text->text |
Pricing
Live pricing components for nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning as published in the catalog.
| Pricing component | Raw unit price | Normalized | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prompt tokens | $1e-7 | $0.10 / 1M | Per input token |
| Completion tokens | $2.5e-7 | $0.25 / 1M | Per output token |
| Request fee | N/A | N/A | Per request |
| Image fee | N/A | N/A | Per image unit |
| Web search fee | N/A | N/A | Per search request |
Cost calculator
Estimate monthly spend from your own token volumes.
Estimated Total Cost
$0.1Calculated from current list pricing in the ModelsAtlas catalog.Capabilities
| Capability | Status | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Visual Understanding | Not advertised | Image and document analysis support |
| Audio Processing | Not advertised | Speech and voice aligned flows |
| Tool Calling | Not advertised | Supports tools / function calling |
| Self-Hosting | Not advertised | Deploy outside managed APIs |
Capability signals
Directional signals derived from model metadata and capability tags — not official benchmark submissions.
Quick start
Call NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning through an OpenAI-compatible client.
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum physics."}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Alternatives
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Sources & attribution
Pricing and metadata are maintained in the ModelsAtlas catalog.
Frequently asked questions
How much does NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning cost?
$0.10 per 1M input tokens and $0.25 per 1M output tokens on the official Nvidia API.
What is the context window of NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning supports up to 262K tokens of context.
Does NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning support tool / function calling?
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning does not advertise first-class tool/function calling. Check vendor docs for the latest capabilities.
How do I access NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?
Use the official Nvidia API with the model id `nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning`. See the Quick start section above for code examples.