Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B or Qwen 3.8 Max Prime cheaper?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B is cheaper on output tokens ($0.20 vs $12.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B or Qwen 3.8 Max Prime?

Qwen 3.8 Max Prime has the larger context window (1M tokens).

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B vs Qwen 3.8 Max Prime

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B is cheaper on output tokens, while Qwen 3.8 Max Prime offers a larger context window. Choose Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B or Qwen 3.8 Max Prime based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B	Qwen 3.8 Max Prime
Provider	OpenRouter	OpenRouter
Input / 1M tokens	$0.07	$4.00
Output / 1M tokens	$0.20	$12.00
Context window	262K	1M
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Aug 2026	Sep 2026

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B details →Qwen 3.8 Max Prime details →

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