NVIDIAMultimodalFreeReleased 15 October 2026

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free) pricing, context and benchmark

NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is an open multimodal mixture-of-experts model from NVIDIA, with 12B active parameters out of 120B total.

1M
Input context
131K
Output context
Free
Official input
Free
Official output
n/a
AA index

Everything that matters, in one table

Context, pricing, cache, modalities and tooling, from the model registry and Artificial Analysis.

ModelNemotron 3.5 Super VL (free)
Model IDnvidia/nemotron-3.5-super-vl:free
ProviderNVIDIA
Release date15 October 2026
StatusGenerally available
Input context1,000,000 tokens
Output context131,072 tokens
Official input pricingFree per 1M tokens
Official output pricingFree per 1M tokens
Cache read pricingNot published
Market input pricingFree per 1M (cheapest route)
Market output pricingFree per 1M (cheapest route)
Input modalitiestext · image · video
Output modalitiestext
Reasoning controlNot exposed
Tool supportText generation only
TokenizerOther
Provider routes1 endpoint
Artificial Analysis indexNot published
SpeedNot published
Knowledge cutoffNot publicly stated

Input and output support

ModalityInputOutputBilled at
Text✓ yes✓ yesFree in
Image✓ yesnoFree in
Audionononot supported
Video✓ yesnoFree in
File (PDF)nononot supported

What is Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free)?

NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is an open multimodal mixture-of-experts model from NVIDIA, with 12B active parameters out of 120B total.

It takes text, images, documents, GUI screenshots, and video...

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free) carries a 1M token window, uses the Other tokenizer and is served by NVIDIA. On Hoodgen it sits in the Multimodal tier of the model menu next to its siblings, so you can switch mid conversation without losing the thread.

Release and what changed from the previous version

Released15 October 2026
PropertyNemotron 3.5 LightningNemotron 3.5 Super VL (free)Change
Released2026Oct 2026Newer release
Context262K1MChanged
Max output236K131KChanged
Input price$0.025FreeCheaper
Output price$0.12FreeCheaper
Input modalitiestexttext, image, videoUnchanged
AA index6n/aNewer benchmark run

Features and capabilities

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Vision
Screenshots, charts and photographed documents are read at the text token rate.
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Audio and video
Calls, meetings and screen recordings can be summarised in one pass.

What can you do with Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free)?

Document understanding
Screenshots, charts, scanned pages and PDFs read in the prompt.
Mixed media briefs
One thread holding text, images and files together.
Extraction
Schema constrained JSON out of messy inputs.
Research synthesis
Several sources condensed with the figures preserved.

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free) pricing

Official pricing

List price
Free / 1M in
Free / 1M out
  • 1M context
  • text, image, video input
Cheapest route
Free / 1M in
Free / 1M out
  • 1 route on OpenRouter
  • What Hoodgen routes to first
  • Same model, lower bill

Market pricing, every route

ProviderTierInputOutputCache readUptime 24h
NvidiastandardFreeFreen/a99.9%

API pricing and cost calculator

RatePer callTotalCredits
Cheapest route$0.0000$0.001
List price$0.0000$0.001

API and developer information

Model IDnvidia/nemotron-3.5-super-vl:free
Endpointhttps://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions
Parametersprompt and max_tokens
StreamingYes, server sent events
Modality stringtext+image+video->text
Max prompt tokens1,000,000
Max completion tokens131,072
curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "nvidia/nemotron-3.5-super-vl:free",
    "messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Summarise this document." }],
    "max_tokens": 1024
  }'

Model limitations

Text only outputIt cannot generate images, audio or video. Pair it with an image model on Hoodgen when you need visuals.
Output cap131,072 tokens per request. Long deliverables have to be chunked.
Benchmarks not publishedArtificial Analysis does not publish an Intelligence Index for this release, so no benchmark score is claimed here.
Knowledge cutoffThe provider does not state a fixed cutoff for every release. Verify very recent events against search.
Rate limitsFree routes are rate limited by the provider, so heavy batch jobs should use a paid route.

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free) vs other NVIDIA models

ModelContextInput /1MOutput /1MAA indexReleased
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free)1MFreeFreen/aOct 2026
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL1.05M$0.06$0.3514Oct 2026
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B262K$0.06$0.24n/a2025
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning262K$0.025$0.1262026
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free)256KFreeFreen/a2026

Privacy and data policy

  • On Hoodgen, prompts and attachments answer that request and stay in your conversation history so you can reopen it. They are not used to train models.
  • Requests route through OpenRouter to NVIDIA and are covered by that provider's API terms.
  • Do not paste secrets or personal data you would not send to any hosted model.

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free) questions, answered

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free) is a multimodal model from NVIDIA, released 15 October 2026. NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is an open multimodal mixture-of-experts model from NVIDIA, with 12B active parameters out of 120B total.
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