Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free) vs Qwen3.8 Max Preview

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free)

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NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is an open mixture-of-experts model from NVIDIA, featuring 3 billion active parameters out of 30 billion total. It supports an extensive context window of up to 1,000,000 tokens. This model is designed to deliver efficient performance for high-throughput agentic workloads and specialized tasks. Compared with Nemotron 3 Super and Ultra, Lightning is smaller and optimized for fast, high-volume execution, while the larger models focus on complex planning and advanced reasoning.

Qwen3.8 Max Preview

Qwen · text, image → text

Qwen 3.8 Max Preview(Qwen3.8-Max-Preview) is the latest-generation foundation model in the Qwen family, packing 2.4T parameters and still evolving. Compared with the previous flagship Qwen 3.7 Max, it delivers major gains in core capabilities like Coding and Cowork (professional productivity), with world-leading performance on complex, long-horizon tasks such as full-stack development, data analysis, and Office workflows. Launch offer: Credits are consumed at just 20% of the standard rate, effectively 5× your usage. Limited time only.