API cost decision in 10 seconds
NewNemotron 3.5 Super VL vs Kimi K3
Pick Nemotron 3.5 Super VL when budget is the priority.
Pricing data updated:
Prices normalized to USD per 1M tokens
Sample workload: 1M input + 500K output
Budget verdict
Pick Nemotron 3.5 Super VL when budget is the priority.
On the standard 1M input plus 500K output workload, Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is estimated at $0.4 vs $7.95 for Kimi K3, saving $7.55 (95% lower).
Cost-first pickNemotron 3.5 Super VL
Context-first pickTie
Sample savings$7.5595%
10x traffic gap$75.5
The reported context window is tied, so cost and provider fit carry more weight. At 10x that traffic, the same price gap is about $75.5. Use the calculator below to replace the sample workload with your own token volume.
Cost sensitivity
Workload Sensitivity
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL stays cheaper across input-heavy, balanced, and output-heavy sample workloads.
| Workload shape | Token mix | Better pick | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input-heavy / RAG | 5M input + 500K output | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL | $1 | $9.75 |
| Balanced workload | 1M input + 1M output | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL | $0.65 | $15.45 |
| Output-heavy chatbot | 1M input + 5M output | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL | $2.65 | $75.45 |
Estimate your workload cost
Your Workload Cost
This estimate uses normalized public API pricing per 1M tokens. It is a planning aid, not a billing quote. Verify provider pricing, limits, and terms before production use.
Quick Decision
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL has the lower input price, Nemotron 3.5 Super VL has the lower output price, and Tie offers the larger context window.
For a 1M input token plus 500K output token workload, the estimated API cost is $0.4 for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL and $7.95 for Kimi K3.
Choose Nemotron 3.5 Super VL when you care most about lower input-token price, and lower output-token price.
Choose Kimi K3 when its provider, model quality, latency, or availability is more important than the numeric price/context winner.
| Feature | NewNemotron 3.5 Super VL (NVIDIA) | Kimi K3 (MoonshotAI) |
|---|---|---|
| Input Price prompt tokens per 1M | $0.15 | $0.45 |
| Completion Price per 1M tokens | $0.5 | $15 |
| Sample Workload Cost 1M input + 500K output | $0.4 | $7.95 |
| Context Window | 1.05M | 1.05M |
| Release Date | 2026-10-15 | 2026-07-16 |
NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is an open multimodal mixture-of-experts model from NVIDIA, with 12B active parameters out of 120B total. It takes text, images, documents, GUI screenshots, and video...
Kimi K3 is a 2.8T parameter open-weight multimodal reasoning model from Moonshot AI. It is suited for complex coding, knowledge work, and long-horizon agentic workflows, and is particularly strong at...
Use-Case Decision Matrix
| Use case | Better pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Budget-constrained production | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL | On the standard 1M input plus 500K output workload, Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is estimated at $0.4 vs $7.95 for Kimi K3, saving $7.55 (95% lower). |
| High-volume input processing | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL | Lower prompt-token price matters most when prompts or retrieved passages dominate the bill. |
| Long responses and chatbots | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL | Lower output-token price matters most when assistants generate many completion tokens. |
| RAG or long-document work | Tie | A larger context window leaves more room for retrieved passages and source files. |