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Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B pricing, context window and specs
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens, and reads up to 262,144 tokens per request. By blended price it is number 2 of NVIDIA’s 4 current models here, counting from the cheapest.
- Input / 1M
- $0.06
- Output / 1M
- $0.24
- Cached / 1M
- –
- Context
- 262,144
- Max output
- Not published
- Released
- 2025-12-14
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Pricing
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B API pricing
| Price per 1M tokens | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | $0.06 | $0.24 |
Output costs 4.0× the input price, so long replies drive the bill more than long prompts. No cached-input price is published, so repeated prompt prefixes are billed at the full input price.
Examples
What Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs in practice
| Workload | Tokens in / out | Requests/day | Per request | Per month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Support chatbot | 1,500 / 400 | 1,000 | $0.000186 | $5.66 |
| RAG app | 6,000 / 500 | 500 | $0.00048 | $7.30 |
| Coding agent | 40,000 / 2,000 | 200 | $0.00288 | $17.52 |
| Document summariser | 8,000 / 600 | 300 | $0.000624 | $5.69 |
Change any number in the cost calculator.
Context
Context window
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B accepts up to 262,144 tokens per request, roughly 196,608 English words or 393 pages. That budget is shared between your prompt and the reply, and no separate cap on the reply is published.
Filling the whole window with one prompt costs about $0.0157 at list price, so for repeated long-document work, retrieval (sending only the relevant parts) or prompt caching is usually much cheaper.
Check whether your text fits Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B’s window.
Features
Capabilities
- Image input
- No
- Tool / function calling
- Yes
- Reasoning mode
- Yes
- Prompt caching
- No
- Structured output
- Yes
- Open weights
- Yes
- Accepts
- text
- Knowledge cutoff
- Not published
As declared by the provider’s API. It shows a feature exists, not how well it works.
API
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B model ID
- OpenRouter
nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b- Open weights
- nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-30B-A3B-BF16
Use the OpenRouter ID when calling it through OpenRouter; NVIDIA’s own API may name it differently. See the model ID reference for the providers we document. See how much VRAM Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B needs to run locally.
NVIDIA
Where Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B sits in NVIDIA’s line-up
Ranked by blended price (three parts input to one part output, $0.105 per 1M for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B), it is number 2 of NVIDIA’s 4 current models here, counting from the cheapest. One step down, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning costs $0.1025 blended (2% less). It has the same published limits and features as Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B. One step up, Nemotron 3 Super costs $0.1725 (1.6× as much). It has the same published limits and features as Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B. See every NVIDIA model and price
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | $0.07 | $0.20 | 262,144 | 2026-08-11 |
| Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (this page) | $0.06 | $0.24 | 262,144 | 2025-12-14 |
| Nemotron 3 Super | $0.08 | $0.45 | 262,144 | 2026-03-11 |
| Nemotron 3 Ultra | $0.60 | $2.40 | 202,800 | 2026-06-04 |
NVIDIA’s current models with a page here, cheapest first. Older and superseded models are listed on the provider page and in the comparison table.
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Cheaper alternatives
- Nemotron 3.5 LightningNVIDIA2% cheaper
Current models from major providers, one per provider, that keep tool calling, a reasoning mode, a usable context window and output limit. Compared by blended price.
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FAQ
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B questions
How much does Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B cost?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens. A typical chatbot reply (1,500 tokens in, 400 out) costs about $0.000186. Use the LLM cost calculator for your own workload.
What is Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B’s context window?
262,144 tokens, about 196,608 English words or 393 printed pages, shared between your prompt and the reply. No separate limit on the reply is published, so the window is the limit.
Does Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B support prompt caching and batch requests?
No cached-input price is published for it. No batch price is published for it.
What are cheaper alternatives to Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
With the same essentials (tool calling), the cheapest options are Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (2% cheaper). Cheaper doesn’t mean equivalent, so test them on your own prompts.
What is the API model ID for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
On OpenRouter it is nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b. NVIDIA’s own API may use a different name, so check its model list before you deploy. Pass the ID as the model value in each request.
Is Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B open source?
Yes, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has open weights, so you can run it yourself or choose between several hosting providers. The prices here are a typical hosted price.