NVIDIA · Released Oct 28, 2025Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL
Nemotron multimodal model for visual reasoning and agentic AI workflows.
- Capability
- —No ECI score yet
- Input
- $0.20per 1M tokens
- Output
- $0.60per 1M tokens
- Context
- 128K128K max output
What it costs
- Input
- $0.20per million tokens
- Output
- $0.60per million tokens
- Blended (3:1)
- $0.30cheaper than 71% of priced models
Typical monthly bills
| Monthly usage | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens | $0.70 |
| Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens | $8.00 |
| Production app250M input + 50M output tokens | $80.00 |
Median of 3 paid API providers on models.dev; NVIDIA also offers it free on Nvidia.
Independent benchmarks
Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL yet.
The details
- Lab
- NVIDIA
- Released
- Oct 28, 2025
- Context window
- 128,000 tokens
- Max output
- 128,000 tokens
- Inputs
- Text, Images, Video
- Output
- Text
- Reasoning
- Always on
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Structured output
- No
- Weights
- Open weights
- API model ID
nvidia/nemotron-nano-12b-v2-vlon Nvidia- Availability
- 4 API providerslisted on models.dev
- Status
- Deprecated by the provider
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About Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL
How much does Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL cost?
Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL costs $0.20 input / $0.60 output per million tokens (median across 3 API providers; free on Nvidia). At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $0.30 per million tokens, cheaper than 71% of the 360 priced models we track.
What is the context window of Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL?
Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL accepts up to 128,000 tokens per request and can write up to 128,000 tokens in one response.
How good is Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL?
Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL yet.
Is Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL open source?
Yes. NVIDIA publishes the weights, so it can be downloaded and self-hosted.
What inputs does Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL support?
Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL accepts text, images and video and replies in text. It is a reasoning model, supports tool calling.
When was Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL released?
NVIDIA released Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL on Oct 28, 2025.
What are the best alternatives to Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL?
The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are Grok 4.1 Fast (xAI, $0.20 / $0.50), Ministral 3 14B (Mistral AI, $0.268 / $0.325), GLM-4.6V-Flash (Z.ai (Zhipu), $0.161 / $0.559) and Seed 1.6 (ByteDance Seed, $0.119 / $1.19).