Models

nemotron-3.5-lightning-free vs qwen3.8-max-preview

Context windows are 1,000,000 tokens on nemotron-3.5-lightning-free and 983,616 tokens on qwen3.8-max-preview.

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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
Qwen
qwen3.8-max-preview
Qwen · text, image → text

Qwen 3.8 Max Preview(Qwen3.8-Max-Preview) is the latest-generation foundation model in the Qwen family, packing 2.4T parameters and still evolving. Compared with the previous flagship Qwen 3.7 Max, it delivers major gains in core capabilities like Coding and Cowork (professional productivity), with world-leading performance on complex, long-horizon tasks such as full-stack development, data analysis, and Office workflows. Launch offer: Credits are consumed at just 20% of the standard rate, effectively 5× your usage. Limited time only.

Input$0.34 /M
Output$1.01 /M

Specs & Pricing

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

nemotron-3.5-lightning-free
qwen3.8-max-preview
Input price
$0.00
$0.34
Output price
$0.00
$1.01
Cache read
$0.00
$0.03
Context window
1,000,000
983,616
Max output
0
131,072
Latency (first token)
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2.4 s
Throughput
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48.1 TPS
Modalities
text
textimage
Features
reasoningtool callinglong context
toolsfunction callingstructured outputsweblong contextthinking
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
qwen3.8-max-preview
$35.49 /mo

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

FAQ

How large is each context window?

nemotron-3.5-lightning-free accepts 1,000,000 and qwen3.8-max-preview accepts 983,616 input tokens.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

nemotron-3.5-lightning-free accepts text input and supports reasoning, tool calling and long context; qwen3.8-max-preview accepts text and image input and supports tool calling, function calling, structured outputs, web search, long context and thinking.

Can I call nemotron-3.5-lightning-free and qwen3.8-max-preview 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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