GPT-4o vs NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2
Wins 4 of 6 areas
Coding · Facts · Long documents · Following instructions
Wins 1 of 6 areas
Reasoning
GPT-4o is the stronger all-rounder.NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 is cheaper and better at reasoning.
Scores updated · 19 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the six areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- CodingWriting and fixing software20GPT-4o2 of 2 tests
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up20GPT-4o2 of 2 tests
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10GPT-4o1 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked10GPT-4o1 of 1 test
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking02NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V22 of 3 tests · 1 tie
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own00Even0 each · 1 tie
Agents, long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 costs 99% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where GPT-4o pulls ahead
- Reasons across sets of long documentsAA-LCR+33.3points ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+22.6points ahead
- Answers hard knowledge questions correctlyAA-Omniscience · Accuracy+11.9points ahead
Where NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 pulls ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+4.4points ahead
- Very hard expert questions across many subjectsHumanity's Last Exam+3.1points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 19 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingGPT-4o
- SciCodeGPT-4o by 11.333.322+11.3
- Terminal-Bench HardGPT-4o by 6.88.31.5+6.8
ReasoningNVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2
- GPQA DiamondNVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 by 4.452.657+4.4
- Humanity's Last ExamNVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 by 3.11.84.9+3.1
- CritPttie00tie
FactsGPT-4o
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationGPT-4o by 22.662.139.5+22.6
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyGPT-4o by 11.923.711.8+11.9
Other results9 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- AIME 2025NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 by 60.411.772.1+60.4
- LiveCodeBenchNVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 by 32.838.371.1+32.8
- AA-OmniscienceGPT-4o by 31-10.5-41.5+31
- MATH-500 (EM)NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 by 23.274.697.8+23.2
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexGPT-4o by 15.924.28.3+15.9
- IFEvalNVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 by 9.38190.3+9.3
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)GPT-4o by 728.921.9+7
- AA Agentic IndexNVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 by 18.49.4+1
- AA Intelligencetie7.37.4tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, GPT-4o or NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2?
GPT-4o wins four of the six areas where both have results: coding, facts, long documents and following instructions. NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 wins reasoning, and costs 99% less. They are level on agents.
Which is better for coding?
GPT-4o. It wins 2 of the 2 coding tests both models report; NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 wins none.
Which is cheaper?
GPT-4o costs $5.00 per million input tokens and $15.00 per million output tokens; NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 costs $0.04 and $0.16. That makes NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 about 99% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 19 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 10 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 9 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.