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NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B

Newest and most deployable Nemotron: 256K context on a single H100 with only 3B active params, and reasoning can be switched off per-request to cut token spend.

Open weights · Permissive (Apache, MIT, OpenMDW) · Data checked September 6, 2026 · Not a hands-on evaluation

Model ID nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3.5-Lightning-30B-A3B-BF16

Parameters
30B total · 3B active30B total / 3B active (hybrid Mamba-2 + MoE)
Architecture
Mixture of experts
Context window
1,000,000 tokensMaximum input
Max output
Not recordedPer response
Input price
Not published
Output price
Not published
Cached input
Not published
Blended price
Not available3:1 input to output
Knowledge cutoff
2025-09 (pre-training), 2026-05 (post-training)
Released
2026-08-11
Status
ga
Size band
15B to 40B

License and openness

NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B is released under the OpenMDW-1.1. This is a permissive license. It generally allows use, modification and redistribution, including commercial use, subject to attribution and notice requirements. License terms can change between versions; confirm the text published with the weights you download.

Capabilities

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Cost at list price

InputNot published
OutputNot published
Cached inputNot published
Blended, 3:1Not available

The provider publishes no per-token price for this model. Any price you see elsewhere belongs to a third-party host, and running the weights yourself has hardware costs instead.

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Sources

Sources checked September 6, 2026. Specifications and prices change without notice; confirm against the provider before you commit.

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