Is Claude Opus 5 Fast or Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B cheaper?

Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B is cheaper on output tokens ($0.80 vs $60.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Claude Opus 5 Fast or Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B?

Claude Opus 5 Fast has the larger context window (1M tokens).

Claude Opus 5 Fast vs Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B

Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B is cheaper on output tokens, while Claude Opus 5 Fast offers a larger context window. Choose Claude Opus 5 Fast or Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Claude Opus 5 Fast	Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B
Provider	Venice AI	Venice AI
Input / 1M tokens	$12.00	$0.14
Output / 1M tokens	$60.00	$0.80
Context window	1M	256K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	No	Yes
Released	Jul 2026	Mar 2026

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