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NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free) pricing and alternatives

Paid / limited
★★★★★★★★★★ 3.5 Benchmark-backed score

Nemotron middle tier for collaborative agents and high-volume reasoning workloads

Paid / limitedOpenAI compatibleReasoningTool callingJSON modeTextReasoning
API Details

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Base URL
https://openrouter.ai/api/v1
Model ID
nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b
API format OpenAI Chat Completions + OpenAI Responses
No current free listing. This page is kept for comparison and SEO continuity. Check the alternatives below before integrating.
Technical Details

NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free) specifications

Provider and model catalog
Context window 1.0M
Max output 236K
Status Online
Family nemotron
Knowledge cutoff 2025-06
Released Mar 11, 2026
Last updated Oct 28, 2026
Free listing since Mar 11, 2026
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Output text
Capabilities reasoning, tool calling, structured output, temperature control
Open weights Yes
AI Recommendation

Should you use NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free)?

NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free) is listed for chat, reasoning workloads and supports a 1.0M context window.

Use the comparison and availability sections before choosing this listing, because it is not currently marked as free.

Best for
  • Chat
  • Reasoning
Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

  • Strong reasoning profile
  • Long context window
  • Reasoning mode listed
  • Tool calling support

Watch outs

  • No current free listing on this provider
  • Free-tier rate limits apply
  • Vision support is not listed
Benchmark Overview

Benchmark signals for NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free)

Measured data
Intelligence General reasoning and instruction following
12.8/100
Coding Programming and code generation
37.7/100
Agentic Tool use and multi-step tasks
1.7/100
Speed Observed generation speed
134 tok/s
Context Maximum listed context window
1.0M
Pricing

NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free) pricing per 1M tokens

Provider pricing
Input $0 per 1M tokens
Output $0 per 1M tokens
Access Not listed OpenRouter
Rate limit 200 req/day (free tier) provider policy
Availability

NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free) availability by provider

2 alternatives

We found 3 provider listings for nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b. Check model ID, quota, pricing, and API format before switching providers.

Provider Model listing Access Context API Limits
OpenRouter NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free) Paid 1.0M OpenAI-style 200 req/day (free tier)
Kilo Code nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b:free Free tier 262K OpenAI-style 200 req/hr
NVIDIA NIM Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B Free tier 262K Native Varies
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Typical Use Cases

NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free) use cases

Chat

NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free) is tagged for chat in this catalog and works with OpenAI-compatible client libraries.

Reasoning

NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free) is tagged for reasoning in this catalog and works with OpenAI-compatible client libraries.

FAQ

NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free) free API FAQ

Is NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free) free to use?

NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free) is not currently marked as free on OpenRouter.

What is the NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free) model ID?

The model ID shown in this catalog is nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b.

What are the NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free) free tier rate limits on OpenRouter?

The listed free tier limit is 200 req/day (free tier). Limits can change per account tier, so confirm against the provider dashboard.

What context window does NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free) support?

The listed context window is 1.0M tokens with up to 236K output tokens.

More about NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free)

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B is an open hybrid MoE model with 120B total parameters (12B active), available free on OpenRouter. Built on a hybrid Mamba-Transformer Mixture-of-Experts architecture with multi-token prediction (MTP), it delivers over 50% higher token generation speed compared to leading open models. Designed for multi-agent applications — long-term agent coherence, cross-document reasoning, and multi-step task planning. Trained with multi-environment RL across 10+ environments. Latent MoE calls 4 experts for the cost of one. Up to 1M context window. Fully open: weights, datasets, and recipes. OpenAI-compatible. Free tier: 200 RPD.

For API keys, setup steps, and provider-level limits, see the OpenRouter provider page.