NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free)
Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-10-19.
| NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Super VL | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free) | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | nvidia | nvidia |
| Quality Score | 100 | 100 |
| Benchmark Score | 40.1 | 40.1 |
| Input Price | $0.10/M | Free |
| Output Price | $0.40/M | Free |
| Context Window | 1,048,576 | 1,000,000 |
| Max Output | 235,929 | 131,072 |
| Tool Calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured Output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio | - | - |
| Benchmark Scores | ||
| ai_index | 43.7 | 43.7 |
The verdict
For a sample job of 1 million input tokens and 250,000 output tokens, Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free) costs $0 and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL costs $0.20, so Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free) is free for the same work.
Both take in a similar amount of text: 1,048,576 and 1,000,000 tokens, about 1,573 and 1,500 pages.
Across the 7 tasks where they differ, Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free) on 7 (Code Completion, Code Documentation, Regex Writing and others).
Pick Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free) if you need lower cost or the stronger all-round task scores.
Costs use current list prices per million tokens; page counts assume about 0.75 words per token and 500 words per page.
Who wins by task?
| Task | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Super VL | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free) |
|---|---|---|
| Code Completion | 132 | 132 |
| Code Documentation | 135 | 135 |
| Regex Writing | 124 | 124 |
| JSON Extraction | 131 | 132 |
| Bulk Data Labeling | 129 | 130 |
| Long-Document Summarization | 144 | 145 |
| Short-Form Summarization | 126 | 126 |
Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →