Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs GLM 5.3: side-by-side summary

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and GLM 5.3 are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, from Nvidia, has a 1,000,000-token context window and is priced at $0.08/M tokens input, $0.20/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

GLM 5.3, from Z.ai, has a 1,048,576-token context window and is priced at $1.40/M tokens input, $4.40/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window

• Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 1,000,000 tokens
• GLM 5.3: 1,048,576 tokens

Price

• Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: $0.08/M tokens input, $0.20/M tokens output
• GLM 5.3: $1.40/M tokens input, $4.40/M tokens output

Provided by

• Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: Nvidia
• GLM 5.3: Z.ai

• Nemotron 3.5 Lightning model details, providers and pricing
• GLM 5.3 model details, providers and pricing