Model garden Router · on request Dedicated · available

NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

Runs as your own dedicated GPU deployment, ready to launch from the wizard. Data stays in Europe.

The pre-training data has a cutoff date of September 2025. The post-training data has a cutoff date of May 2026.

nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3.5-Lightning-30B-A3B-NVFP4 On request
text->text · nvidia · sovereign EU
Runs on EU infrastructure operated by European companies; US marketplace capacity is never part of this chain. Full chain
18B
Parameters
1,049K
Context window
24GB
Minimum VRAM
POST /api/v1/chat/completions On request

Specifications

Parameters 18B
Context window 1,048,576 tokens
Minimum VRAM 24 GB
Architecture NemotronHForCausalLM (vLLM)
License other
Modality text->text
Released August 2026
Publisher nvidia ↗

Pricing

Shared router · per token
On request
Not available on the shared router. Pricing on request as a dedicated GPU deployment.
Dedicated GPU · per hour
from €2,13 per hour
Your own vLLM instance on European cloud (24 GB VRAM), billed hourly.

Shared EU router, pay-per-token, scale-to-zero. Dedicated GPU deployments are billed hourly, see pricing.

Bench index

Bench is our quality index for every model, 0 to 100. It rests on public measurements (Epoch AI with about 40 benchmarks, LiveBench, LMArena and more) and is refreshed every morning. Where nobody measures, it shows an estimate with a range.

54.1 / 100 · Via LMArena

Translated from its LMArena rating onto the same scale.

Range 46.2 to 61.8

Sources: Epoch AI ↗ · LiveBench ↗ · LMArena ↗ · Refreshed daily, last on 01-10-2026

Call it now

Drop-in replacement for OpenAI: change only the base URL and API key. The Anthropic format (/v1/messages) is supported too.

curl https://hostyourai.com/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer hyai-..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3.5-Lightning-30B-A3B-NVFP4",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

Frequently asked questions

Can I run NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 in the EU?

Yes. HostYourAI runs NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 on GPUs in European datacenters via vLLM. Prompts and outputs never leave the EU and there is no US cloud provider in the chain.

Is hosting NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 GDPR-compliant?

Yes. All processing happens inside the EU, a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) is available and the subprocessor list is public. Open-source weights also mean: no training on your data.

How much does NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 cost?

NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 is available on request: through the shared EU router after a quick chat, or as your own dedicated GPU deployment billed per hour. Tell us your use case and we will set it up for you.

Is the API OpenAI-compatible?

Yes. You use the standard OpenAI SDKs with a custom base URL (https://hostyourai.com/api/v1). The Anthropic Messages API is supported as a drop-in as well.

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