Skip to content

Compare models

Put up to 4 models beside each other — token prices, context windows, capabilities and provider, from the same catalogue the model pages read.

  1. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (Free)NVIDIARemove
  2. Claude Opus 5.5AnthropicRemove
  3. GPT-6 AstraOpenAIRemove
nemotron-3.5-lightning:free vs claude-opus-5.5 vs gpt-6-astra
AttributeNemotron 3.5 Lightning (Free)nemotron-3.5-lightning:freeClaude Opus 5.5claude-opus-5.5GPT-6 Astragpt-6-astra
Pricing
Input$0 / 1M$4.00 / 1M$10.00 / 1M
Output$0 / 1M$20.00 / 1M$50.00 / 1M
Cache Write$0 / 1M——
Cache Read$0 / 1M$0.40 / 1M$10.00 / 1M
Cache Write (5m)—$5.00 / 1M$10.00 / 1M
Cache Write (1h)—$8.00 / 1M$10.00 / 1M
Web Search—$0 / 1M$0 / 1M
Context
Max context1M1M1M
Max outputN/AN/AN/A
Capabilities
VisionYesYesYes
Function CallingYesYesYes
JSON ModeYesYesYes
StreamingYesYesYes
Catalogue
ProviderNVIDIAAnthropicOpenAI
Categorychatchatchat
Charge typeFreePay As You GoPay As You Go
Released———
Description
SummaryNVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is an open Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model with 30B total parameters and 3B active per token, optimized for high-throughput agentic workloads and efficient inference. Its lightweight active compute and open design make it well suited for specialized agents, domain-specific customization, and scalable production deployments where speed, cost efficiency, and adaptability are key.Claude Opus 5.5 is Anthropic's flagship model for advanced reasoning, coding, and long-horizon agentic workflows, succeeding Opus 5. It excels at multi-step changes across large codebases, code review and bug detection, financial and scientific analysis, and understanding dense charts, diagrams, and screenshots, with stronger grounding when reporting figures and citing sources. Compared with Opus 5, it completes comparable tasks with fewer steps and lower token usage while providing clearer, more concise progress reporting. With adaptive thinking and configurable effort levels, Opus 5.5 can balance reasoning depth, latency, and cost, making it well suited for both demanding autonomous workflows and latency-sensitive professional tasks.GPT-6 Astra is OpenAI's flagship model for demanding end-to-end professional work, designed for advanced analysis, software engineering, deep research, scientific tasks, and document creation. It is particularly strong in long-horizon agentic workflows, including tasks that require sustained reasoning, tool orchestration, and computer and browser use, making it well suited for complex autonomous workflows and production-grade knowledge work.