MODEL COMPARE

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Nemotron 3 Ultra: Pricing, Capabilities and Benchmarks

Compare Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and Nemotron 3 Ultra across context window, API pricing, modalities, tool use and recommended use cases.

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Model AModel B

DECISION SUMMARY

Decision summary

Recommendations are conditional. Unknown values never count as a loss, and missing comparable benchmarks produce no winner.

Insufficient data

Evidence

comparable_coding_benchmark_missing

No same-source coding benchmark is attached to both model versions.

Insufficient data

Evidence

comparable_agent_benchmark_missing

Capabilities are listed, but a comparable agent benchmark is missing.

Nemotron 3 Ultra

Evidence

context_window_larger

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning=262144; Nemotron 3 Ultra=512288

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

Evidence

same_provider_monthly_cost_lower

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning=0.12000000000000001; Nemotron 3 Ultra=1.32; input=1000000; cached_input=0; output=200000; provider=OpenRouter

Insufficient data

Evidence

open_weights_support

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning=unknown; Nemotron 3 Ultra=unknown

MODEL ATTRIBUTES

Source scope: Provider endpoint

Show differences only

Attribute	Nemotron 3.5 Lightning	Nemotron 3 Ultra	Winner
Context window`context_window_larger`Provider endpoint	262K	512K	Nemotron 3 Ultra
Maximum output`max_output_larger`Provider endpoint	131K	Unknown	Insufficient data
Input modalities`input_modalities_differ`Provider endpoint	Text	Text	Insufficient data
Output modalities`output_modalities_differ`Provider endpoint	Text	Text	Insufficient data
Tool calling`tool_calling_support`Provider endpoint	Supported	Supported	Tie
Structured output`structured_output_support`Provider endpoint	Supported	Supported	Tie
Reasoning`reasoning_support`Model	Supported	Supported	Insufficient data
Open weights`open_weights_support`Model	Unknown	Unknown	Insufficient data
Input price per 1M tokens`input_price_lower`Provider endpoint	$0.08	$0.60	Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Output price per 1M tokens`output_price_lower`Provider endpoint	$0.20	$3.6	Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

USAGE ESTIMATOR

Estimate token charges for the selected provider endpoints. Image, audio, request and web-search charges are not included.

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Monthly input tokensMonthly output tokensCached input tokens

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning$0.12Estimated monthly cost

Nemotron 3 Ultra$1.32Estimated monthly cost