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NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL

Score basis

NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL is behind the leaders in multimodal tasks. Too few results yet to rate reasoning, coding, agentic tasks, safety, long context, math, multilingual tasks, instruction following, or factuality.

Capability profile

Bars show the model's median result as a share of the leading model's, per capability. Select a row to see its results.

Limited1 capability
  1. Multimodal−47.1%3 of 6
Not rated9 capabilities

Too few results yet to rate Reasoning, Coding, Agentic, Safety, Long Context, Math, Multilingual, Instruction Following or Factuality.

Price

$0.20input$0.60outputper million tokens

From Artificial Analysis · All prices

Cheaper than 72% of 329 priced models · 3:1 input-to-output blend, log scale

Evidence

37results on22benchmarks

  • 2 independently verified
  • 30 aggregator
  • 5 vendor-reported

From 4 sources · latest Oct 7, 2026 · How verification works

API features

Tool callingReasoning

As listed by OpenRouter

NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL benchmark results

37 results on 22 benchmarks, grouped by capability. Each bar is the result as a share of the capability leader's; every result links to its source.

Multimodal

LimitedFull multimodal ranking

47.1% behind the leader3 of 6 ranked benchmarks measured

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Reasoning

Not enough dataFull reasoning ranking

0 of 6 ranked benchmarks measured

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Coding

Not enough dataFull coding ranking

0 of 10 ranked benchmarks measured

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Agentic

Not enough dataFull agentic ranking

0 of 7 ranked benchmarks measured

Long Context

Not enough dataFull long context ranking

0 of 3 ranked benchmarks measured

Instruction Following

Not enough dataFull instruction following ranking

0 of 3 ranked benchmarks measured

Factuality

Not enough dataFull factuality ranking

0 of 4 ranked benchmarks measured

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More results

Benchmarks outside the capability baskets. They are not ranked against a leader.

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NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL: common questions

Who makes NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL?

NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL is made by NVIDIA.

When was NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL released?

NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL was released on Oct 28, 2025, according to Artificial Analysis.

What is NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL good at?

NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL is behind the leaders in multimodal tasks. Too few results yet to rate reasoning, coding, agentic tasks, safety, long context, math, multilingual tasks, instruction following, or factuality.

How much does NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL cost?

NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL costs $0.20 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens, according to Artificial Analysis. At a mix of three input tokens to one output token, it is cheaper than 72% of the 329 priced models we track.

How many benchmarks has NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL been tested on?

We track 37 results for NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL on 22 benchmarks from 4 sources, 2 of them independently verified. The latest was recorded on Oct 7, 2026.

Which API features does NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL support?

OpenRouter lists tool calling and reasoning for NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL.

About this record

Where NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL's numbers come from, and every name it appears under.

Tracked since
Apr 25, 2026
Newest source mention
Aug 29, 2026

Where the results come from

Verification: 37 scores · 2 independently verified · 30 aggregator-attributed · 5 vendor-reported. How these tiers are assigned

From 4 sources on 3 sites. Artificial Analysis supplies 31 of them; the 2 independently verified results come from 2 sites. Bars are coloured by trust tier.

  • artificialanalysis.ai31
  • huggingface.co5
  • 99franklin.github.io1

Also known as

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