Is Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B or Claude Opus 4.5 cheaper?

Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B is cheaper on output tokens ($0.80 vs $30.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B or Claude Opus 4.5?

Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B has the larger context window (256K tokens).

Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B vs Claude Opus 4.5

Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B is cheaper on output tokens, while Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B offers a larger context window. Choose Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B or Claude Opus 4.5 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B	Claude Opus 4.5
Provider	Venice AI	Venice AI
Input / 1M tokens	$0.14	$6.00
Output / 1M tokens	$0.80	$30.00
Context window	256K	198K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Mar 2026	Dec 2025

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