Claude Instant 1.2 vs Nemotron 4 340B
Claude Instant 1.2 (2023) and Nemotron 4 340B (2025) are compact production models from Anthropic and NVIDIA AI. Claude Instant 1.2 ships a 100k-token context window, while Nemotron 4 340B ships a 4k-token context window. On pricing, Claude Instant 1.2 costs $0.80/1M input tokens versus $4.20/1M for the alternative. This comparison covers specs, pricing, API access, capabilities, benchmarks, input and output token costs, and production fit for coding and agent workloads.
Claude Instant 1.2 is ~425% cheaper at $0.80/1M; pay for Nemotron 4 340B only for provider fit.
Decision scorecard
Local evidence first| Signal | Claude Instant 1.2 | Nemotron 4 340B |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | provider-routed production | provider-routed production |
| Decision fit | Classification and JSON / Tool use | Classification and JSON / Tool use |
| Context window | 100k | 4k |
| Cheapest output | $2.40/1M tokens | $4.20/1M tokens |
| Provider routes | 2 tracked | 2 tracked |
| Shared benchmarks | 0 shared | 0 shared |
Decision tradeoffs
- Claude Instant 1.2 has the larger context window for long prompts, retrieval packs, or transcript analysis.
- Claude Instant 1.2 has the lower cheapest tracked output price at $2.40/1M tokens.
- Local decision data tags Claude Instant 1.2 for Classification and JSON / Tool use.
- Local decision data tags Nemotron 4 340B for Classification and JSON / Tool use.
Monthly cost at traffic
Estimate token spend from the cheapest tracked input and output route or tier on this page.
Claude Instant 1.2
$1,240
Cheapest tracked route/tier: AWS Bedrock
Nemotron 4 340B
$4,410
Cheapest tracked route/tier: DeepInfra
Estimated monthly gap: $3,170. Batch, cache, alternate speed tiers, and negotiated pricing are excluded from this local estimate.
Switch friction
- No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Claude Instant 1.2 and Nemotron 4 340B; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
- Nemotron 4 340B is $1.80/1M tokens higher on cheapest tracked output pricing, so quality gains need to justify the spend.
- No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Nemotron 4 340B and Claude Instant 1.2; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
- Claude Instant 1.2 is $1.80/1M tokens lower on cheapest tracked output pricing before cache, batch, or negotiated discounts.
Specs
| Specification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2023-08-09 | 2025-02-27 |
| Context window | 100k | 4k |
| Parameters | 20B | 340B |
| Architecture | Decoder Only | Decoder Only |
| License | Proprietary | NVIDIA Open Model |
| Openness | Proprietary | Open weights |
| Weights | Not released | Unknown |
| Code | Unknown | Unknown |
| Commercial use | Commercial use: conditional | Commercial use: permitted |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2023-01 | - |
Pricing and availability
| Pricing attribute | Claude Instant 1.2 | Nemotron 4 340B |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $0.80/1M tokens | $4.20/1M tokens |
| Output price | $2.40/1M tokens | $4.20/1M tokens |
| Providers |
Capabilities
| Capability | Claude Instant 1.2 | Nemotron 4 340B |
|---|---|---|
| Vision | No | No |
| Multimodal | No | No |
| Reasoning | No | No |
| JSON / Tool use | No | No |
| Structured outputs | Yes | Yes |
| Code execution | No | No |
| IDE integration | No | No |
| Computer use | No | No |
| Parallel agents | No | No |
Benchmarks
No shared benchmark scores are currently available for this pair.
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Last reviewed: 2026-07-26. Data sourced from public model cards and provider documentation.