# Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs OpenRouter (slim)

> OpenRouter scores 68.5 (B) to Nemotron 3.5 Super VL's 58.9 (C) for llm inference. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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OpenRouter scores 68.5 (B) on agent readiness against Nemotron 3.5 Super VL's 58.9 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do llm inference.

- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL: C 58.9, rank #621 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nemotron-3-5-super-vl.min.md
- OpenRouter: B 68.5, rank #230 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openrouter.min.md
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL, good for Agents that read documents, charts, screenshots and short videos and need tool calls in one open model, prototyped free on NVIDIA's endpoint and moved to a partner host or own GPUs for production.
- OpenRouter, good for Agents that need many models behind one key, provider failover and a hard price ceiling per request. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 90 against 74; Agent ergonomics, 85 against 65; Security & auth, 60 against 51; Payments & pricing, 40 against 35; Maintenance & community, 84 against 71; Transparency & trust, 71 against 59.

| Category | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL | OpenRouter |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 58 | 55 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 74 | 90 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 65 | 85 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 51 | 60 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 71 | 84 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 59 | 71 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL | OpenRouter |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Model API | Model router |
| Vendor | NVIDIA | OpenRouter |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://integrate.api.nvidia.com/v1` | `https://openrouter.ai/api/v1` |
| Pricing | Free | Pay per use |
| Licence | OpenMDW-1.1 for the weights (permissive, not an OSI licence). The hosted trial endpoint is under the NVIDIA API Trial Terms of Service, and the NIM container under the NVIDIA Software Licence Agreement | Apache-2.0 (SDKs) |
| Last release | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-01 |
| Terms last updated |  | 2026-08-31 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-08-31 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |
| Popularity | none | 226 stars |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | 3/5 (2) |