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.
Practical read
Monthly evidencenvidia/Nemotron-3.5-Lightning-30B-A3B has the lower published input-plus-output rate and the lower measured p50 time to first token. Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B has more Credits provider routes. Their context windows are the same size.
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.
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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.
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.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?
nvidia/Nemotron-3.5-Lightning-30B-A3B has the lower published input-plus-output rate and the lower measured p50 time to first token. Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B has more Credits provider routes. Their context windows are the same size.
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 812 ms for nvidia/Nemotron-3.5-Lightning-30B-A3B and 1845 ms 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.