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Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

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...

  • By price it is among the cheapest of the 347 text models GenMagic runs (30th cheapest).
  • It scores 5.5 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 108th of the 120 text models with a score.
  • It has scores on 5 public benchmarks, listed below with their sources.
  • It was listed on Aug 11, 2026.

Data last changed Nov 1, 2026 · tracked since Oct 29, 2026 · Every model change

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Specifications

Context window

262K tokens

Max output

236K tokens

Input price

$0.10 / 1M tokens

Output price

$0.30 / 1M tokens

Cached input

$0.06 / 1M tokens

Benchmarks

How Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores on public benchmarks. Each card links to the benchmark explainer and to the original source.

3.5

source date 2026-11-10
Source: openrouter

26.8

source date 2026-11-10
Source: openrouter

5.5

source date 2026-11-10
Source: openrouter
GPQA DiamondReasoning & Knowledge

70.4%± 2.6

source date 2026-10-31
Source: openrouter
tau-bench (Airline)Agentic & Tool Use

65.6%± 1.9

source date 2026-10-31
Source: openrouter

Compare against every model in the full benchmark matrix.

Capabilities

Reasoning

Works through multi-step problems before answering, for harder tasks.

Tool use

Can call functions and tools, enabling agentic and structured workflows.

Structured output

Returns validated JSON that conforms to a schema you define.

Use Nemotron 3.5 Lightning through the API

The model id is nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning. Requests bill your GenMagic balance at the price above, and each response reports what it cost.

curl
curl https://genmagic.co/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GENMAGIC_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning",
    "messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Explain vector databases in two sentences." }]
  }'
Python (openai SDK)
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(base_url="https://genmagic.co/api/v1", api_key="YOUR_GENMAGIC_API_KEY")

resp = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Explain vector databases in two sentences."}],
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)

From an AI agent, call generate_text with "model": "nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning" on the GenMagic MCP server. Keys, limits and every endpoint are in the API documentation.

Use Nemotron 3.5 Lightning in n8n

  1. In n8n, open the nodes panel, search for GenMagic and install it (a verified community node), then add it to your workflow.
  2. Set Resource to Text and Operation to Generate.
  3. In Model Name or ID, pick NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, or enter nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning as an expression.
  4. Connect your GenMagic API key (get one free). Each run is billed at the price above, and the node returns what it cost.

Ready-to-import workflows that already use the node are on GenMagic for n8n.

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Price and listing history

Every change GenMagic has recorded for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning since it began tracking the model on Oct 29, 2026. Prices are GenMagic's, the same the studio and the API charge.

DateChangeBeforeAfter
Nov 1, 2026Price up 36%$0.077 in / $0.22 out per 1M tokens$0.10 in / $0.30 out per 1M tokens
Oct 30, 2026Updated: intelligence index--

Where these figures come from

  • Price: GenMagic's own price, what the studio and the API charge, recomputed from the provider's price list every few minutes and recorded daily. How pricing works.
  • Specs and description: as NVIDIA publishes them (model card on Hugging Face), checked daily.
  • Benchmarks: 5 scores from Artificial Analysis and OpenRouter, re-read daily. Each score above links to its source.
  • Changes: the data on this page last changed on Nov 1, 2026, tracked since Oct 29, 2026. Every model's new listings, price changes and retirements are in the model changes log, and how every figure on GenMagic is sourced is on our sources page.

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