NVIDIA · Released Aug 18, 2025Nemotron Nano 9B v2
Compact Nemotron model for efficient reasoning and deployable AI agents.
- Capability
- —No ECI score yet
- Input
- $0.06per 1M tokens
- Output
- $0.23per 1M tokens
- Context
- 131K131K max output
What it costs
- Input
- $0.06per million tokens
- Output
- $0.23per million tokens
- Blended (3:1)
- $0.102cheaper than 91% of priced models
Typical monthly bills
| Monthly usage | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens | $0.235 |
| Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens | $2.65 |
| Production app250M input + 50M output tokens | $26.50 |
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 9B v2 yet.
The details
- Lab
- NVIDIA
- Released
- Aug 18, 2025
- Context window
- 131,072 tokens
- Max output
- 131,072 tokens
- Inputs
- Text
- Output
- Text
- Reasoning
- Can be switched on or off
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Structured output
- No
- Weights
- Open weights
- API model ID
nvidia/nvidia-nemotron-nano-9b-v2on Nvidia- Availability
- 4 API providerslisted on models.dev
- Status
- Deprecated by the provider
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About Nemotron Nano 9B v2
How much does Nemotron Nano 9B v2 cost?
Nemotron Nano 9B v2 costs $0.06 input / $0.23 output per million tokens (median across 3 API providers; free on Nvidia). At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $0.102 per million tokens, cheaper than 91% of the 360 priced models we track.
What is the context window of Nemotron Nano 9B v2?
Nemotron Nano 9B v2 accepts up to 131,072 tokens per request and can write up to 131,072 tokens in one response.
How good is Nemotron Nano 9B v2?
Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for Nemotron Nano 9B v2 yet.
Is Nemotron Nano 9B v2 open source?
Yes. NVIDIA publishes the weights, so it can be downloaded and self-hosted.
What inputs does Nemotron Nano 9B v2 support?
Nemotron Nano 9B v2 accepts text and replies in text. It is a reasoning model, supports tool calling.
When was Nemotron Nano 9B v2 released?
NVIDIA released Nemotron Nano 9B v2 on Aug 18, 2025.
What are the best alternatives to Nemotron Nano 9B v2?
The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are Apertus 8B (Swiss AI, $0.10 / $0.20), Granite-4.0-H-Small (IBM, $0.064 / $0.265), Sarvam 105B (Sarvam AI, $0.047 / $0.186) and Qwen Flash (Alibaba (Qwen), $0.05 / $0.40).