37%NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B API
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NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is a hybrid Mixture-of-Experts model with 30B total and 3B active parameters, optimized for fast inference, agentic workflows, and coding with up to 1M token context.
Pricing
Cheapest live price, per 1 million tokens.
Input / 1M tokens
OpenRouter $0.070
Output / 1M tokens
OpenRouter $0.200
Cache read / 1M
Repeated prompt prefixes
Cache read is the discounted rate for repeated prompt prefixes (system prompts, agent context).
Capabilities · 7
Specifications
- Context window
- 1M
- Max output
- 33K
- Type
- Text
- Creator
- Other
- Live sellers
- 2
- Requests / 24h
- 22
Price history · 60 days
Estimated monthly cost
30 days at the cheapest live price.
Quick start
OpenAI-compatible — change the base URL and key. Get a key from the dashboard.
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.qubax.ai/v1",
api_key="YOUR_QUBAX_API_KEY",
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="nvidia-nemotron-3-5-lightning-30b-a3b",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)About NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B
NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B is a language model developed by Other. It's particularly well-suited for tackling complex, multi-step reasoning problems, orchestrating tool-using agents that call APIs and external services, grounding responses in real-time web search results, producing structured outputs for reliable data extraction and handling large contexts of up to 1M tokens. Its 1M-token context window means you can pass in entire documents, codebases, or conversation histories without losing context. It can write up to 33K tokens in a single response.
As of Oct 13, 2026, NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B costs $0.096 per 1M input tokens and $0.240 per 1M output tokens on Qubax. A typical 1,000 chat requests (2K tokens in, 500 out) come to about $0.31. 2 independent compute providers currently serve it, so requests fail over automatically. Pay with USDC, USDT, BTC, ETH or 200+ other coins — no credit card required.
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Frequently asked questions
How much does the NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B API cost?
On Qubax, NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B costs $0.096 per 1M input tokens and $0.240 per 1M output tokens.
Is the NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B API compatible with OpenAI?
Yes. Qubax provides an OpenAI-compatible API. You can use NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B as a drop-in replacement by changing your base URL to https://api.qubax.ai/v1 and using your Qubax API key. It works with Cline, Cursor, OpenCode, Hermes Agent, and any tool that supports OpenAI APIs.
How do I pay for NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B API usage?
Qubax uses prepaid crypto credits. Top up with USDC, USDT, BTC, ETH, SOL or 200+ other coins and your balance is deducted as you use the API. No credit card or KYC required.
What is the context window of NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B?
NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B supports a context window of 1M tokens, allowing you to process large documents, codebases, or long conversations in a single request.
What can I build with NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B?
You can use NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B to tackle complex multi-step reasoning tasks, build autonomous agents that call external tools and APIs, answer questions with real-time web search, generate structured JSON output for data pipelines and process long documents and entire codebases. Because it's served through Qubax's OpenAI-compatible API, integration into existing apps, agents, or workflows takes just a few lines of code.
How fast and reliable is NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B on Qubax?
Responses stream token by token. 2 providers serve it, so if one is slow or down the request moves to the next.
NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B vs DeepSeek V4 Flash (Web): which should I choose?
NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B by Other and DeepSeek V4 Flash (Web) by DeepSeek are both strong models in a similar price tier. NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B excels at complex reasoning. DeepSeek V4 Flash (Web) comes from a different lab and may have different strengths depending on your workload. On Qubax, NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B starts at $0.096/1M input tokens versus DeepSeek V4 Flash (Web)'s $0.171/1M — making NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B the more cost-effective option for high-volume workloads. Both are available on Qubax with crypto payments and OpenAI-compatible APIs, so you can try each and switch freely.
Can I use NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B for commercial projects?
Yes. NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B on Qubax can be used for commercial purposes. You own the outputs you generate. Qubax provides the API infrastructure — you bring your use case.
Why use NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B on Qubax?
Live market prices
Providers compete on price — you get the cheapest healthy seller.
Pay with crypto
200+ coins (BTC, ETH, SOL, USDT, USDC). No card, no KYC.
OpenAI compatible
Drop-in base URL. Works with Cline, Cursor and any OpenAI SDK.
