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GLM-5.2 vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B

Side-by-side specs, pricing & capabilities · Updated August 2026

Price vs Intelligence

846342210$0.37$1.22$2.07$2.92$3.77Avg Price per M tokensIntelligenceGLM-5.274.3 / $2.90Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B6.3 / $0.53

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 Z.aiGLM-5.2NVIDIANemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B
OrganizationZ.aiZ.aiNVIDIANVIDIA
OpenTools Score
74
25.6
6
12.0
FamilyGLMNemotron
StatusCurrentCurrent
Release DateAug 2026
Context Window1.0M tokens1.0M tokens
Input Price$1.40/M tokens$0.10/M tokens
Output Price$4.40/M tokens$0.95/M tokens
Pricing NotesArtificial Analysis page reported Input $1.40 per 1M tokens, cache hit $0.26 per 1M tokens, Output $4.40 per 1M tokens, AA Briefcase Elo 1265.54, and median output speed 102.29 tokens/second for GLM-5.2 (max) during this run. Verify provider terms before production use.NVIDIA build lists serverless NIM pricing at $0.10 input and $0.95 output per million tokens. Self-hosted weights are also available; infrastructure costs vary.
Capabilities
textreasoninglong-context
textreasoningcodingtool-usefunction-callinglong-contextagenticlocal-deploymentopen-weights
Training CutoffMay 2026 post-training; September 2025 pre-training
Max Output1.0M tokens33K tokens
API Identifierglm-5.2-maxnvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b
Benchmarks
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1
51.0858347714416Artificial Analysis model page
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1.1
24artificial-analysis
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ModelInputOutputTotal / movs Best
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3BCheapest$0.10$0.48$0.58
GLM-5.2$1.40$2.20$3.60+526%

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