Nemotron 3 Super (free) pricing, context and benchmark
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super is a 120B-parameter open hybrid MoE model, activating just 12B parameters for maximum compute efficiency and accuracy in complex multi-agent applications.
Everything that matters, in one table
Context, pricing, cache, modalities and tooling, from the model registry and Artificial Analysis.
| Model | Nemotron 3 Super (free) |
| Model ID | nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b:free |
| Provider | Nvidia |
| Release date | 11 March 2026 |
| Status | Generally available |
| Input context | 1,048,576 tokens |
| Output context | Provider default |
| Official input pricing | Free per 1M tokens |
| Official output pricing | Free per 1M tokens |
| Cache read pricing | Not published |
| Market input pricing | $0.075 per 1M (cheapest route) |
| Market output pricing | $0.4 per 1M (cheapest route) |
| Input modalities | text |
| Output modalities | text |
| Reasoning control | Not exposed |
| Tool support | Text generation only |
| Tokenizer | Other |
| Provider routes | 1 endpoint |
| Artificial Analysis index | Not published |
| Speed | Not published |
| Knowledge cutoff | Not publicly stated |
Input and output support
| Modality | Input | Output | Billed at |
|---|---|---|---|
| Text | ✓ yes | ✓ yes | Free in |
| Image | no | no | not supported |
| Audio | no | no | not supported |
| Video | no | no | not supported |
| File (PDF) | no | no | not supported |
What is Nemotron 3 Super (free)?
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super is a 120B-parameter open hybrid MoE model, activating just 12B parameters for maximum compute efficiency and accuracy in complex multi-agent applications.
Built on a hybrid Mamba-Transformer...
Nemotron 3 Super (free) carries a 1.05M token window, uses the Other tokenizer and is served by Nvidia. On Hoodgen it sits in the General 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
This is the only release of Nemotron 3 Super (free) on OpenRouter, released 11 March 2026. The provider has not published a knowledge cutoff, so treat training data as recent but unconfirmed for very new events.
What can you do with Nemotron 3 Super (free)?
Nemotron 3 Super (free) pricing
Official pricing
- 1.05M context
- text input
- 1 route on OpenRouter
- What Hoodgen routes to first
- Same model, lower bill
Market pricing, every route
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Uptime 24h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nvidia | standard | $0.075 | $0.4 | n/a | n/a |
API pricing and cost calculator
| Rate | Per call | Total | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheapest route | $0.0021 | $1.05 | 998 |
| List price | $0.0000 | $0.00 | 1 |
API and developer information
| Model ID | nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b:free |
| Endpoint | https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions |
| Parameters | prompt and max_tokens |
| Streaming | Yes, server sent events |
| Modality string | text->text |
| Max prompt tokens | 1,048,576 |
| Max completion tokens | provider default |
curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b:free",
"messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Summarise this document." }],
"max_tokens": 1024
}'Model limitations
| Text only output | It cannot generate images, audio or video. Pair it with an image model on Hoodgen when you need visuals. |
| Output cap | Provider default tokens per request. Long deliverables have to be chunked. |
| Benchmarks not published | Artificial Analysis does not publish an Intelligence Index for this release, so no benchmark score is claimed here. |
| Knowledge cutoff | The provider does not state a fixed cutoff for every release. Verify very recent events against search. |
| Rate limits | Free routes are rate limited by the provider, so heavy batch jobs should use a paid route. |
Nemotron 3 Super (free) vs other Nvidia models
| Model | Context | Input /1M | Output /1M | AA index | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nemotron 3 Super (free) | 1.05M | Free | Free | n/a | 2026 |
| Nemotron 3 Ultra | 262K | $0.5 | $2.2 | n/a | 2026 |
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free) | 1M | Free | Free | n/a | 2026 |
| Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) | 1M | Free | Free | n/a | 2026 |
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 Super (free) questions, answered
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