Head to head
NV vs QW For light moderate heavy
Verdict · measured basis
Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct costs $0.0001 per solved task against
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning at $0.0003 — ▼ 3.5x cheaper .
Over 200 tasks that is $0.04 a month.
On output token price alone Nemotron 3.5 Lightning looks 1.4x cheaper. The ranking reverses once you divide by pass rate — the cheaper tokens do not win the task.
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Verified pricing, pass rate and cost per solved task for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct Figure Nemotron 3.5 Lightning Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct Input $/Mtok $0.08 $0.07 Output $/Mtok $0.2 $0.28 Cached input $/Mtok $0.04 $0.07 Pass rate 86% 61% Cost per solved task $0.0003 measured $0.0001 measured Cost per month $0.06 $0.02
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Monthly cost against tasks per month Log-log lines for Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct (measured, $0.0001 per solved task), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (measured, $0.0003 per solved task) from 10 to 100,000 tasks a month. Marker at 200 tasks. 10 100 1k 10k 100k $0.001 $0.01 $0.1 $1 $10 TASKS / MONTH (log) → 200 tasks Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct · MEASURED · $0.0001 per solved task $0.02 Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B … MEASURED Nemotron 3.5 Lightning · MEASURED · $0.0003 per solved task $0.06 Nemotron 3.5 Lightni… MEASURED Monthly cost against tasks per month Log-log lines for Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct (measured, $0.0001 per solved task), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (measured, $0.0003 per solved task) from 10 to 100,000 tasks a month. Marker at 200 tasks. 10 100 1k 10k 100k $0.001 $0.01 $0.1 $1 $10 TASKS / MONTH (log) → 200 tasks Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct · MEASURED · $0.0001 per solved task $0.02 Nemotron 3.5 Lightning · MEASURED · $0.0003 per solved task $0.06 — Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct · MEASURED — Nemotron 3.5 Lightning · MEASURED Solid measured · dashed modeled · dotted stale. The gap is the verdict.
Solvency Bench (solvency.dev) — first-party measurement · verified 2026-08-26 · prices from each provider's pricing page; measured rows ignore the tier · Methodology · All models at these settings