Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free)
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning · Free tier (Free)
Free tier: zero-cost access to try the model with limited quota — great for prototyping and light use.
Best for: Dev testing, light trials, low-frequency calls
This page covers the Nemotron 3.5 Lightning Free tier, sharing the underlying model capability with its real-time standard tier; the main difference is in billing mode and invocation method. See the Nemotron 3.5 Lightning standard real-time tier.
Provider：NVIDIA · Free
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...
Key specs
- Context：1M
- Max output：65.5K
- Tokenizer：Other
- Released：2026-08-11
Token pricing
- Input price：Free / 1M tokens
- Output price：Free / 1M tokens
- Blended price：Free / 1M tokens
Modalities
Text
Use Cases
- Deep Reasoning & Analysis：Process long legal docs, academic papers, financial reports; multi-hop reasoning and evidence-chain tracing across huge contexts.（Free）
When to pick this model
Signals derived from public pricing and spec fields — not a benchmark. Validate with official docs and your own eval.
- Low input + output price: solid fit for high-frequency calls and batch processing.
- Low blended price: budget-friendly for fleet-scale deployment.
- Long context (>=1M tokens): well-suited for long-doc QA, code-base analysis, multi-turn agents.
- Long max output (>=30K tokens): strong fit for deep report / essay / document-drafting workflows.
FAQ
- What is the token pricing of Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free)? Input price Free / 1M tokens, output price Free / 1M tokens, blended about Free / 1M tokens. Refer to NVIDIA’s official page for the exact rate.
- What context window does Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free) support? Context window is 1M, max output about 65.5K, suitable for long documents, multi-turn chat and complex reasoning.
- What scenarios is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free) best for? Based on its capability and pricing, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free) fits best: Deep Reasoning & Analysis. See the Use Cases section for details and cost estimates.
- What input/output modalities does Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free) support? Supports Text modality.
- Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free) a free model? Yes, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free) is free to use, good for budget-sensitive or prototyping scenarios.
- Which provider offers Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free)? Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free) is offered by NVIDIA.
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