Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.8 Flash and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL?

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL has the lowest input price. Per 1M input tokens: Gemini 3.8 Flash from $0.75 and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL from $0.15.

Which has the larger context window, Gemini 3.8 Flash and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL?

Gemini 3.8 Flash has the largest context window: Gemini 3.8 Flash 1,048,576 tokens and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 262,144 tokens.

Which is smarter, Gemini 3.8 Flash and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores highest on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: Gemini 3.8 Flash 30.8 and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 13.6.

Can I switch between Gemini 3.8 Flash and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL without changing my code?

Yes. All of them are served through FastRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, so switching is a change of the model parameter (google/gemini-3.8-flash, nvidia/nemotron-3.5-super-vl).

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Nemotron 3.5 Super VL

Side-by-side pricing per provider, context window, benchmark scores and speed, all on one OpenAI-compatible API.

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Gemini 3.8 Flash Googlegoogle/gemini-3.8-flash

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL NVIDIAnvidia/nemotron-3.5-super-vl

Creator

Google

NVIDIA

Released

Sep 2, 2026

Sep 16, 2026

Context window

1.05M

262K

Max output

66K

131K

Input / 1MLowest provider price

$0.75

$0.15

Output / 1MLowest provider price

$3.75

$0.50

Providers

IntelligenceArtificial Analysis index

30.8

13.6

Accepts

Text, Image, Audio, Video, Files

Text, Image, Video

Produces

Text

Tool calling

Yes

Structured output

Yes

Reasoning

Yes

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Nemotron 3.5 Super VL: summary

Gemini 3.8 Flash and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL are both available through FastRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, so switching between them is a change of model id, not a new integration.

Gemini 3.8 Flash, from Google, has a 1,048,576-token context window, costs from $0.75/1M input and $3.75/1M output tokens across 2 providers and scores 30.8 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL, from NVIDIA, has a 262,144-token context window, costs $0.15/1M input and $0.50/1M output tokens and scores 13.6 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is the cheapest on input, 5× cheaper than the next model, Gemini 3.8 Flash has the largest context window and Gemini 3.8 Flash scores highest for intelligence.

Switch with one line

client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.fastrouter.ai/api/v1", api_key="<FASTROUTER_API_KEY>") client.chat.completions.create(model="google/gemini-3.8-flash", messages=[...]) # or client.chat.completions.create(model="nvidia/nemotron-3.5-super-vl", messages=[...])

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Benchmark scores sourced from ArtificialAnalysis