Head to head
Claude Opus 5vsNemotron 3.5 Lightning
For tasks, about a month.
Verdict · measured basis
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning costs $0.0003 per solved task against
Claude Opus 5 at $0.10 — ▼ 338x cheaper.
Over 200 tasks that is $19 a month.
On output token price alone Nemotron 3.5 Lightning looks 125x cheaper. The ranking holds, but the margin changes.
Verified pricing, pass rate and cost per solved task for Claude Opus 5 and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning| Figure | Claude Opus 5 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
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| Input $/Mtok | $5 | $0.08 |
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| Output $/Mtok | $25 | $0.2 |
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| Cached input $/Mtok | $0.5 | $0.04 |
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| Pass rate | 100% | 86% |
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| Cost per solved task | $0.10measured | $0.0003measured |
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| Cost per month | $19 | $0.06 |
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Cost per month against tasks per month · drag the marker
Solid measured · dashed modeled · dotted stale. The gap is the verdict.
Solvency Bench (solvency.dev) — first-party measurement · verified 2026-08-21 · prices from each provider's pricing page; measured rows ignore the tier · Methodology · All models at these settings