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Nvidia (Nemotron) API pricing
As of 2026-10-05, the OptimToken catalogue holds 5 Nvidia models. By price tier, 1 is Mid-tier and 4 Budget. The cheapest is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning at $0.06 per 1M input tokens and $0.16 per 1M output tokens. The most expensive is Nemotron 3 Ultra at $0.50 input and $2.20 output, 13x the cheapest on blended price (30% input, 70% output). These are the prices we quote: a model sold by several hosts has other rates, listed on its own page.
Nvidia models and prices
| Model | Input | Output | Batch (in / out) | Cache read | Context | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | $0.06 | $0.16 | not published | $0.03 | 262K | Open weights (CC-BY-NC-4.0) |
| Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | $0.05 | $0.20 | not published | $0.03 | 262K | Open weights (CC-BY-NC-4.0) |
| Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety | $0.20 | $0.20 | not published | not published | 131K | Open weights (CC-BY-NC-4.0) |
| Nemotron 3 Super | $0.08 | $0.45 | not published | not published | 262K | Open weights (CC-BY-NC-4.0) |
| Nemotron 3 Ultra | $0.50 | $2.20 | not published | $0.10 | 262K | Open weights (CC-BY-NC-4.0) |
Published discounts: a prompt-cache read rate for 3 of the 5 and a batch rate for none. The most recent by release date is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (2026-08). No Arena ELO score is published for any of them.
Licences
All 5 are open weights, which is not the same as open source: the weights are published, but under the CC-BY-NC-4.0 licence, which restricts some uses. Read it before self-hosting commercially. Licences are as recorded in this catalogue: check the maker's own terms before relying on one.
Price changes since tracking began
Our daily price archive began on 2026-08-15 and holds a record for all 5 models. The price we quote has changed for 4 of them, 23 times in all, 18 of those changes flagged as a change of quoted host rather than a repricing. The most recent was to Nemotron 3.5 Lightning on 2026-10-05: -5.0% on the blended price (30% input, 70% output) (quoted host changed, not a repricing). One model joined after tracking began: Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety, on 2026-09-04. Last checked against the 2026-10-05 snapshot.
Each row is a model's most recent change. Its own page has the full history.
| Model | Date | Old price (in / out) | New price (in / out) | Blended change | Changes in all |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | 2026-10-05 | $0.06 / $0.17 | $0.06 / $0.16 | -5.0% (quoted host changed, not a repricing) | 10 |
| Nemotron 3 Ultra | 2026-10-04 | $0.60 / $2.40 | $0.50 / $2.20 | -9.1% (quoted host changed, not a repricing) | 10 |
| Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | 2026-09-22 | $0.06 / $0.24 | $0.05 / $0.20 | -16.7% (quoted host changed, not a repricing) | 2 |
| Nemotron 3 Super | 2026-09-14 | $0.09 / $0.40 | $0.08 / $0.45 | +11.0% (quoted host changed, not a repricing) | 1 |
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