NVIDIA: Switchyard✓ Catalog verified
Switchyard is an open-source model router that switches between multiple models to optimize the cost of requests. By default it will use OpenRouter market data to select the most popular...
Overview
Switchyard is an open-source model router that switches between multiple models to optimize the cost of requests. By default it will use OpenRouter market data to select the most popular...
Access: available through the official Nvidia API. Context window: 1M.
Specifications
| API identifier | nvidia/switchyard |
| Provider | Nvidia |
| Model type | Text LLM |
| Context window | 1M catalog |
| Input modalities | text |
| Output modalities | text |
| Released | Sep 21, 2026 |
| Tokenizer | Router |
| Moderated | No |
| Architecture modality | text->text |
Pricing
Live pricing components for nvidia/switchyard as published in the catalog.
| Pricing component | Raw unit price | Normalized | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prompt tokens | $-1 | $-1000000.00 / 1M | Per input token |
| Completion tokens | $-1 | $-1000000.00 / 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
$-700,000Calculated 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: Switchyard 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/switchyard",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum physics."}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Alternatives
Closest models by context window from a different provider.
| Model | Provider | Context | Input /1M | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon: Nova 2 Lite | Amazon | 1M | $0.30 | View → |
| Amazon: Nova Premier 1.0 | Amazon | 1M | $2.50 | View → |
Sources & attribution
Pricing and metadata are maintained in the ModelsAtlas catalog.
Frequently asked questions
How much does NVIDIA: Switchyard cost?
$-1000000.00 per 1M input tokens and $-1000000.00 per 1M output tokens on the official Nvidia API.
What is the context window of NVIDIA: Switchyard?
NVIDIA: Switchyard supports up to 1M tokens of context.
Does NVIDIA: Switchyard support tool / function calling?
NVIDIA: Switchyard does not advertise first-class tool/function calling. Check vendor docs for the latest capabilities.
How do I access NVIDIA: Switchyard?
Use the official Nvidia API with the model id `nvidia/switchyard`. See the Quick start section above for code examples.