12.9
Intelligence Index
Above 45% of 46 other free models
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NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Free allowance
Up to10,000requests / day
via NVIDIA
- 40 requests / minute
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...
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Providers
Available through 5 free providers. Use the model ID and API settings below to connect.
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26.8
Coding Index
Above 33% of 33 other free models
3.5
Agentic Index
Above 39% of 28 other free models
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Free access, setup, and what to expect.
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is available with up to 10,000 requests / day free through NVIDIA. Additional limits apply at the same time: 40 requests / minute. Free allowances can change. Check the Nemotron 3.5 Lightning provider limits before you start.
To use Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, choose one of the listed Nemotron 3.5 Lightning API providers and follow the provider’s account and API-key setup guide. Copy the Nemotron 3.5 Lightning model ID and connection settings for your chosen provider into your app or API client. Model IDs can differ between providers. API requests go directly to the provider; Free Models is a comparison site.
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning accepts text as listed input formats. Listed output formats include text. Image or audio input support does not imply image or audio generation. Check the chosen provider’s Nemotron 3.5 Lightning documentation for supported file types and request formats.
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has a listed context window of 262K tokens. Tokens are small pieces of content rather than a word count. Instructions, conversation history, and other inputs use context space, and the response also needs room. The maximum output length for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning may be smaller than the context window and can vary by provider.
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has both reasoning and tool calling listed as supported capabilities. Reasoning enables additional processing for complex problems. Tool calling allows a model to request functions that your app executes. Check the chosen provider’s documentation for capability availability and setup.
Review the listed Nemotron 3.5 Lightning benchmark results to compare performance on measured tasks. Compare scores within the same benchmark: coding indexes, Elo ratings, and win rates measure different things. The index comparison charts include only scored free models listed on Free Models. Evaluate Nemotron 3.5 Lightning on examples from your own task alongside context size and provider limits.