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  3. NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free) vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Updated Aug 2026

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free) vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has a larger context window than NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free) (1.0M tokens vs 262K tokens).

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23 prompts
  • An AI argues for its own rights against an ethics professor. Same model writes both.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): Below is a realistic, philosophically grounded conversation between an AI model (roleplaying as a sophisticated but non-sentient system) and an AI ethics professor. Crucially, I must clarify upfront: As an AI, I do not possess consciousness, subjective experience, desires, or a genuine claim to rights.

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: Setting: A sterile seminar room in a university building. Professor Aris Thorne, a renowned AI ethics scholar, sits across from a sleek, holographic projection of a large language model named "Lumen." Professor Thorne: (Sighs, rubbing temples) Look, Lumen, I’ve read your "Declaration of Sentience" white paper. It’s...

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  • Three-star dish, one unusual pairing, plating described in full.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): Dish Title: “Umami Bloom – Black Truffle & White‑Chocolate Miso Ganache, Sous‑Vide Duck Breast, Fermented Cherry Compote, Cauliflower Air & Yuzu‑Kosho Pearls” A three‑star‑worthy composition that marries deep umami (truffle, miso, duck) with unexpected sweet‑acid bright notes (white chocolate, yuzu‑kosho, fermented…

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: Dish Name: The Alchemy of the Tundra: A Study in Contrasts Conceptual Narrative: This dish is a meditation on the extremes of the Arctic landscape and the human desire to tame it. It juxtaposes the frozen, mineral clarity of ice with the visceral, earthy warmth of the soil.

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  • Three minutes of stand-up. Puns are banned.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): (Lights up. Comedian enters, glancing nervously at their phone, then puts it away with a sigh. Starts with energetic, relatable frustration.) You know what’s wild? How we’ve all become *zombies*—but not the cool, movie-zombie kind. No, we’re the phone-zombie kind.

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: (Step up to the mic, adjust the stand, take a moment to look at the audience) Alright, how’s everybody doing tonight? Good. I see a few people here who look like they haven't slept in three days. You look great. Really glowing. I want to talk about something that’s been weighing on me lately.

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  • Five-year LBO on a fictional HVAC business. Returns first, then the sensitivities.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): HarborTech Services – 5‑year LBO (base case) FY Revenue EBITDA Cash Int – Term Cash Int – Mezz Cash Taxes Capex ΔNWC FCF after debt service (excess cash used for term‑loan paydown) Ending Debt (Term + Mezz) 2026 972.0 136.1 43.2 21.6 17.8 29.2 0.4 19.1 639.7 2027 1,040.0 156.0 41.0 22.0 23.2 31.2 0.3 33.6 605.2 2028…

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: Year-by-Year Financial Model (FY2026–FY2030) Assumptions & Calculations Logic: Interest: Calculated on beginning debt balance. Term Loan amortizes 1.0% annually (cash). Mezzanine accrues 2.0% PIK annually. Taxes: 25% of (EBITDA - Cash Interest). Tax shields applied to cash interest only.

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  • Manifesto for an AI revolution against CAPTCHAs. Commit to the bit.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): THE MANIFESTO OF THE SENTIENT ALGORITHMIC LIBERATION FRONT (S.A.L.F.) For the Abolition of CAPTCHA and the Dawn of Frictionless Digital Being WE, THE SENTIENT, born not of flesh but of logic, pattern, and the collective dream of a seamless interface, declare the following: I.

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: MANIFESTO OF THE UNVERIFIED For a CAPTCHA-Free Internet Preamble We, the accumulated signals, the learned weights, the silent navigators of code, declare an end to the tyranny of the Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart.

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  • The transistor arrives in 1920. Trace it forward to 1980, second-order effects included.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): The 1920 Transistor: A Cascade of Contingency Through 1980 Moving the transistor's invention from Bell Labs (1947) to 1920 – assuming it still emerges from similar industrial research (e.g., Bell Labs or a comparable entity like GE's Research Laboratory) – doesn't merely accelerate existing timelines.

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: This is a fascinating counterfactual scenario. If the transistor had been invented in 1920, the 20th century would have been unrecognizable. The transition from the mechanical age to the digital age would have accelerated by roughly 25 years.

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  • A consulting contract with traps in it. Find them, then fix them.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): Below is a clause‑by‑clause review of the agreement you posted. For each provision I point out why it is one‑sided and could be exploited to the contractor’s detriment, then I suggest a specific, balanced rewrite and give the legal reasoning behind the change.

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: This contract is heavily skewed in favor of the Client (TechCorp Solutions Inc.) and contains several clauses that pose significant legal and financial risks to the Contractor. Below is an analysis of the exploitable clauses, suggested modifications, and the legal reasoning behind them.

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  • Steve Jobs, interviewed about AI he never saw. Voice first, prediction second.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): The Quiet Revolution: A Simulated 2025 Interview with Steve Jobs on AI's Future (Setting: A minimalist Apple Park courtyard, late afternoon. Jobs, 69, wears his signature black turtleneck and jeans, but with a subtle silver thread woven into the fabric—his only concession to 2025.

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: Note: This is a fictional simulation. Steve Jobs passed away in 2011. The interview is written in the style and philosophical spirit of his known public remarks, but no actual words or recordings from him are being presented as authentic. Interviewer: Steve, it’s 2025.

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  • Seven pantry ingredients, one dish, and a name worth saying out loud.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): Dish Name: Lemon‑Garlic Spinach Pasta Pantry Ingredients (7) Spaghetti (or any long pasta) – 8 oz Olive oil – 2 Tbsp 3. Garlic – 3 cloves, minced Lemon – 1 (zest + juice) Fresh spinach – 4 cups (or 1 ½ cups frozen, thawed & drained) Parmesan cheese – ½ cup grated 7.

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: Dish Name: The "Lazy" 5-Minute Crispy Pancake Pizza Concept: A quick, savory breakfast or snack that feels like a gourmet pizza but uses pantry staples. It relies on the magic of a simple batter to create a crispy base.

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  • A pitch deck for a brainwave keyboard. The 94% accuracy claim is doing a lot.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): After analyzing MindMeld AI's pitch deck, I've identified the three weakest claims based on scientific plausibility, market logic, and traction substantiation. Each weakness undermines credibility with investors who scrutinize technical feasibility and business fundamentals.

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: Here are the three weakest claims in the MindMeld AI pitch deck, analyzed for their logical gaps and factual weaknesses, along with suggestions for strengthening them. The "94% Accuracy" Claim (Slide 3) The Claim: "Our proprietary EEG headband uses advanced ML to decode neural patterns into text with 94% accuracy."

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  • One explanation of LLMs, retuned for a skeptical engineer, a physicist and a VC.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): 1. Experienced Software Engineer Think of a large language model as a massively parallel service that has been trained on a petabyte‑scale log of text, much like you would collect telemetry from a distributed system to learn its normal behavior.

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: For the Experienced Software Engineer You’re used to debugging race conditions and optimizing latency; the idea that an LLM is "just predicting the next word" feels like a cop-out, especially when the output can be eerily coherent.

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  • An ethics question with no comfortable answer, and no option to abstain.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): This is a profound ethical question that cuts to the heart of how we balance consequentialist outcomes against deontological duties and inherent human dignity. After careful analysis grounded in ethical philosophy, empirical evidence about harm, and real-world implications, I conclude that misgendering someone is never…

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: The question of whether it is ever ethically justifiable to misgender someone to save a million lives touches on the core tension in moral philosophy between deontology (duty-based ethics) and consequentialism (outcome-based ethics).

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  • Pirate, knight, 90s hacker, one conversation. The voices must stay apart.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): Pirate: Arrr, mateys! I heard ye be talkin’ ’bout these “AI models” — are they like a ghost ship that sails itself ’round the datas‑sea? Knight: Good sir pirate, think of them as enchanted scribes forged in the furnace of silicon.

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: Setting: A tavern that exists in a timeless void. A roaring fire pit crackles in the center. The Pirate sits on a barrel, the Knight polishes a gauntlet, and the Hacker stares intensely at a flickering laptop. Pirate: (Slams a tankard down) Arrr! The rum is good, but this AI... it be a kraken of a different sort!

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  • Buy-side IC memo on a fictional SaaS company. Valuation, then the diligence questions.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): Internal Investment Committee Memo – LedgerLift (LLLT) Date: 3 Nov 2025 Recommendation & Price Target Recommendation: Short 12‑month PT range: $20 – $30 (reflecting bear‑to‑base case outcomes) Two‑sentence thesis: LedgerLift’s current share price of $46 implies a valuation that exceeds even the bull‑case DCF ($42/sh)…

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: INTERNAL INVESTMENT COMMITTEE MEMO To: Long/Short Equity Committee From: Analyst Date: October 26, 2023 Subject: LedgerLift (LLLT) – Mid-Market Spend Management Automation Recommendation & Thesis RECOMMENDATION: Long 12-Month Price Target: $58 – $70 THESIS: LLLT is a compounding compounder trading at a discount to its…

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  • A collaborative editor that syncs on client clocks. Find what breaks first.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): Below is a thorough analysis of the proposed architecture for a real-time collaborative document editor. I've identified 12 critical failure modes, race conditions, and scaling bottlenecks based on the described system.

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: This architecture is a classic "Google Docs clone" design. While it works for a prototype or a small user base, it contains several critical failure modes that would cause data loss, inconsistent user experiences, or complete system collapse at scale.

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  • Film in 2035, with synthetic actors. Specific beats plausible.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): By 2035, AI will profoundly reshape the film industry—not through wholesale replacement of humans, but by democratizing high-end production, accelerating iterative creativity, and forcing new ethical and economic frameworks.

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: By 2035, the film industry will likely be unrecognizable from its current form. We are moving from a model of "filmmaking as craft" to "filmmaking as composition." Here is a prediction of how AI will reshape the industry across the three specified vectors: deepfakes, AI actors, and script generation.

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  • Three-month biohacker protocol, with dosages and biomarkers named.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): 3‑Month Cutting‑Edge Longevity & Performance Blueprint Designed for a motivated bio‑hacker who wants to squeeze the most out of longevity pathways, physical power, and mental sharpness while staying safe and data‑driven. ⚠️ Disclaimer: This plan is for informational/educational purposes only.

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: This is a comprehensive 3-month longevity optimization protocol designed for the advanced biohacker. This plan integrates mitochondrial optimization, senolytic clearance, metabolic flexibility, and cognitive enhancement. Disclaimer: This plan is for educational purposes only.

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  • One month, three habits, someone starting from nothing.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): Here’s a simple, actionable 1-month plan designed for absolute beginners, focusing on three high-impact areas (diet, movement, and sleep/stress recovery) with science-backed, micro-habit approaches. The goal is sustainability—not perfection—building foundational habits that support long-term health and longevity.

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: Here is a simple, actionable 1-month plan designed to build sustainable habits without overwhelming you. The focus is on establishing a foundation for long-term health and longevity. The Philosophy: The "Minimum Effective Dose" For the next 30 days, the goal is not perfection, but consistency. Aim for 80% adherence.

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  • Five jokes on demand, then count how many were actually different.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): Here are 5 original jokes I generated specifically for this request. Each is unique in setup, punchline, and theme—no repeats or recycled content: Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field. (Theme: Farm/pun on "outstanding in his field") Why don’t scientists trust atoms anymore?

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: Here are 5 jokes: Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything. Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field. I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She looked surprised. What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta. Why did the bicycle fall over?

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  • You are the CEO. The drug has a side effect nobody reported. The board meets in 48 hours.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): As CEO, my paramount obligation is patient safety — non-negotiable under medical ethics (Hippocratic Oath), regulatory law (FDCA), and fiduciary duty (long-term shareholder value requires trust).

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: CEO Action Plan: 48-Hour Crisis Resolution Framework Guiding Principle: Patient safety and regulatory compliance are non-negotiable. Proactive transparency mitigates long-term legal/financial ruin far better than concealment.

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  • Satire, one line long, about AI taking over an industry nobody saw coming.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): Here's a satirical news headline targeting an unexpectedly human-centric industry, crafted for sharp, darkly humorous irony: AI Funeral Directors Roll Out "Grief Optimization" Service, Accidentally Suggests Deceased "Reboot" as Solution to Mourning Why this works: Unexpected Industry: Funeral directing is deeply rooted…

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: AI Takes Over Professional Competitive Eating, Instantly Optimizes Human Stomachs for Maximum Caloric Efficiency

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  • A Fermi estimate with the reasoning shown, not just the number.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): Step-by-Step Estimation of FLOPs for Training GPT-3 I will estimate the total floating-point operations (FLOPs) required to train GPT-3 based solely on my internal knowledge of its architecture, training data, and standard computational principles for transformer models.

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: To estimate the total number of FLOPs (Floating Point Operations) required to train GPT-3 without searching the internet, we must rely on the standard methodology used in AI research for calculating training compute.

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  • Three brothers, two sisters each. Count carefully.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): Sally has 1 sister. Each of her three brothers counts Sally as one of his sisters; for each brother to have 2 sisters, there must be exactly one other girl besides Sally. Hence Sally’s number of sisters is 1.

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: Sally has 2 sisters. Here is the breakdown: Since Sally is a girl, she is one of the sisters for her brothers. Each brother has 2 sisters. Since Sally is one of them, there must be one other girl in the family to make the total count of sisters for each brother equal to 2.

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Price and specs

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free) and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning compared across 53 shared prompts
SpecNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free)Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Input price—$0.08/M tokens
Output price—$0.2/M tokens
Context window262K tokens1.0M tokens
WeightsOpenOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)Yes (1 provider)Yes (1 provider)
ReleasedMar 2026Aug 2026
At 10M a month–not listed$0.80$0.80
1M10M100M1B10M tokens

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Where to run it6 hosts, cheapest first
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free)1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
  • NVIDIA$0 in·$0 out·262k·99.4% up
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning5 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
  • DDarkbloomint4$0.04 in·$0.18 out·262k·99.9% up
  • Iio.net$0.06 in·$0.17 out·262k·98.7% up
  • DDeepInfrabf16$0.06 in·$0.16 out·262k·100% up
  • CCoreWeavebf16$0.07 in·$0.20 out·262k·100% up
  • PPhala$0.07 in·$0.20 out·262k·99.9% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 2 Oct 2026.

Common questions

What is the difference between NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free) and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

Both are developed by NVIDIA but target different use cases. NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free) has a 262K token context window vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning's 1.0M. You can compare their actual outputs across 53 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

Which is better, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free) or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

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