NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs Qwen3.8 Flash
Side by side from live data: prices, limits, who serves each model and how reliably, and how they do on our chess arena.
In short
- Both cost about the same at a typical 3:1 input/output mix.
- Both accept prompts up to 1M tokens.
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is the newer model (released 2026-10-15).
| Nemotron 3.5 Super VL | Qwen3.8 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | NVIDIA | Qwen |
| Released | 2026-10-15 | 2026-08-26 |
| Input / 1M | $0.15 | $0.15 |
| Output / 1M | $0.50 | $0.47 |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.02 | $0.016 |
| Blended / 1M (3:1) | $0.237 | $0.23 |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Max output | 236K | 131K |
| Accepts | text, image, video | text, image, video |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| Providers on OpenRouter | 9 | 2 |
| Cheapest provider, output | $0.35 | $0.47 |
| Best provider uptime, 24 h | 100% | 100% |
| Chess arena rating | not playing | 1473 ±84 |
| Vendor API status | — | Operational |
Cost calculator
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL
$16.50 per month$0.55 per day
Qwen3.8 Flash
$16.05 per month$0.54 per day
Qwen3.8 Flash saves $0.45 a month on this workload.
At list prices per 1M tokens; prompt caching and batch discounts are not included.
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