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nvidia/Nemotron-3.5-Lightning-30B-A3B vs Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B

Try both on us. Starter credit covers your first requests, then one key routes nvidia/Nemotron-3.5-Lightning-30B-A3B and Qwen3.5-122B-A10B. Switch by changing the model name.

Compare routesProviders, price, context, and policy posture in one view.

Use auto when uptime mattersKeep a primary model and let fallback handle provider failures.

Same API shapeUse the OpenAI client and set the model you want.

Practical read

Monthly evidence

nvidia/Nemotron-3.5-Lightning-30B-A3B has the lower published input-plus-output rate. Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B has more Credits provider routes. Their context windows are the same size. There is not enough recent probe data to compare speed.

$0.26375/1Mnvidia/Nemotron-3.5-Lightning-30B-A3B cheapest route

$2.4687/1MQwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B cheapest route

not enough datanvidia/Nemotron-3.5-Lightning-30B-A3B fastest measured p50 TTFT

not enough dataQwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B fastest measured p50 TTFT

The price comparison adds each route's rate for one million input tokens and one million output tokens; your cost depends on your input/output mix. Prices and live route measurements can change. Use the monthly reports when you need a stable evidence window, then run a small task-specific eval before choosing a production default.

nvidia/Nemotron-3.5-Lightning-30B-A3BQwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B

Model idnvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3bqwen/qwen3.5-122b-a10b

PublisherNVIDIA Alibaba Cloud Model Studio

AI IQ — —

Context262,144 tokens262,144 tokens

Credits provider routes36

Cheapest route$0.26375/1M$2.4687/1M

Cached input$0.03165/1M to $0.0422/1M$0.0422/1M to $0.3165/1M

Privacy postureprovider posture varieshas ZDR route

Fastest measured p50 TTFTnot enough datanot enough data

Highest measured throughputnot enough datanot enough data

Recent route uptime rangenot enough datanot enough data

Modes chat chat

nvidia/Nemotron-3.5-Lightning-30B-A3B routes

Overview3 Credits routes
PricingInput, cached input, and output rates
ProvidersAll serving providers

Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B routes

Overview6 Credits routes
PricingInput, cached input, and output rates
ProvidersAll serving providers

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Production choice

Pick a default model. Keep fallback enabled.

TrustedRouter is useful when you know the model you want, but still need provider rollover, budget limits, usage records, and a prompt path you can verify.

OpenAI clientPython

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api-azure.trustedrouter.com/v1",
    api_key="sk-tr-v1-..."
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b",
    messages=messages,
)

Questions

Which should I use, nvidia/Nemotron-3.5-Lightning-30B-A3B or Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?

Is nvidia/Nemotron-3.5-Lightning-30B-A3B or Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B cheaper?

The current cheapest TrustedRouter route is $0.26375/1M for nvidia/Nemotron-3.5-Lightning-30B-A3B and $2.4687/1M for Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B. The comparison uses current catalog prices and updates as provider pricing changes.

Is nvidia/Nemotron-3.5-Lightning-30B-A3B or Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B faster?

Current measured p50 time to first token is not enough data for nvidia/Nemotron-3.5-Lightning-30B-A3B and not enough data for Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B. These are routed probe measurements, not vendor-advertised speeds, and update as new samples arrive.

Can I test nvidia/Nemotron-3.5-Lightning-30B-A3B and Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B with the same API?

Yes. Use the same OpenAI-compatible TrustedRouter base URL and API key, then change only the model id between nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b and qwen/qwen3.5-122b-a10b. This makes side-by-side evals possible without maintaining two provider integrations.