We benchmarked Google Gemini free tier in August 2026: 141 tok/s generation but 34.5 seconds to the first token, because Flash now reasons before answering. Fine for batch, unusable for chat.

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We benchmarked NVIDIA NIM in August 2026: 83 models on one free key, no card. Speeds 27-62 tok/s, Llama models removed, and OpenRouter serves Nemotron faster than NVIDIA does.