Models

grok-4.5 vs nemotron-3.5-lightning-free

Context windows are 1,000,000 tokens on grok-4.5 and 1,000,000 tokens on nemotron-3.5-lightning-free.

Grokgrok-4.5Nvidianemotron-3.5-lightning-free
Grok
grok-4.5
Grok · text, image → text

Grok 4.5 was trained on datasets spanning knowledge in coding, science, engineering, and math. With both intelligent and efficient reasoning, Grok 4.5 excels at real engineering tasks and exceeds comparable leading models at these tasks.

Input$2.00 /M
Output$6.00 /M
Nvidia
nemotron-3.5-lightning-free
Nvidia · text → text

NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is an open mixture-of-experts model from NVIDIA, featuring 3 billion active parameters out of 30 billion total. It supports an extensive context window of up to 1,000,000 tokens. This model is designed to deliver efficient performance for high-throughput agentic workloads and specialized tasks. Compared with Nemotron 3 Super and Ultra, Lightning is smaller and optimized for fast, high-volume execution, while the larger models focus on complex planning and advanced reasoning.

Input$0.00 /M
Output$0.00 /M

Specs & Pricing

Prices are per million tokens. Latency and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

grok-4.5
nemotron-3.5-lightning-free
Input price
$2.00
$0.00
Output price
$6.00
$0.00
Cache read
$0.50
$0.00
Context window
1,000,000
1,000,000
Max output
1,000,000
0
Latency (first token)
2.1 s
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Throughput
40.1 TPS
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Modalities
textimage
text
Features
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
reasoningtool callinglong context
Endpoints
chat_completions

Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Usage on AIHubMix last 30 days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

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Tokens / day

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Requests / day

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Live Performance last 3 days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

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Throughput (TPS)

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Latency (s)

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Uptime (%)

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Cost Calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

nemotron-3.5-lightning-free
$0.00 /mo
grok-4.5
$210 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

How large is each context window?

grok-4.5 accepts 1,000,000 and nemotron-3.5-lightning-free accepts 1,000,000 input tokens.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

grok-4.5 accepts text and image input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and long context; nemotron-3.5-lightning-free accepts text input and supports reasoning, tool calling and long context.

Can I call grok-4.5 and nemotron-3.5-lightning-free with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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