NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)
nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b:free- Context window
- 1,000,000 tokens
- Maximum output
- 65,536 tokens
- Input price
- Free per 1M tokens
- Output price
- Free per 1M tokens
- Modalities
- text
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Official description
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra is an open frontier-reasoning and orchestration model from NVIDIA, with 55B active parameters out of 550B total (MoE). Built on a hybrid Transformer-Mamba mixture-of-experts architecture, it...
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Where this model fits
nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b:free is part of the OpenRouter API catalog. Its documented modalities are text. Choose it against the request format, output requirements and operational limits of your application.
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Current pricing
| Model | Price type | USD | Unit | Tier | Region | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) | Input | Free | per 1M tokens | Standard | See source | Official source ↗ |
| NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) | Output | Free | per 1M tokens | Standard | See source | Official source ↗ |
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Rate limits and availability
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Three alternatives to compare
These alternatives share a documented modality and have the closest combination of input price and context size in the current catalog. This is a specification comparison, not a quality benchmark.
| Model | Provider | Input / 1M tokens | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free) | OpenRouter | Free | 1,000,000 |
| Google: Lyria 3 Clip Preview | OpenRouter | Free | 1,048,576 |
| Google: Lyria 3 Pro Preview | OpenRouter | Free | 1,048,576 |
Use the exact identifier in Python
This identifier fragment belongs in the authenticated request described in the provider Python tutorial. The tutorial covers the correct SDK, endpoint, environment variable and response shape.
model = "nvidia\/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b:free"
# Pass model to the provider-specific request in the tutorial.Recent changes
- OpenRouter · NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) — Amount UsdNot previously recorded → Price category: output · USD: 0 · Unit: freeSource ↗
- OpenRouter · NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) — Amount UsdNot previously recorded → Price category: input · USD: 0 · Unit: freeSource ↗
- OpenRouter · NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) — First SeenNot previously recorded → Model: NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)Source ↗
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