Model profile
NVIDIA

NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning)

NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning) is a budget-priced text-first model from NVIDIA with fast runtime profile, partial context coverage, and the clearest fit around coding / agent workflows.

Best for: Coding / Agent workflowsFast latencyN/A contextBudget pricing
Intelligence
4.2

Benchmark blend

Coding
0.345

Dev workflow signal

Context
N/A

N/A

Input Price
$0.20

Budget tier

Decision snapshot
44

NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning) currently reads as a budget text-first option with partially published context and a fast runtime profile.

Overall profile
Use-case specific
Best for
Coding / Agent workflows
Latency tier
Fast
Price tier
Budget
Source coverage
OpenRouterArtificial Analysis

Decision Strip

Decision rail before the raw tables

Core buy-side signals stay in one pass. The rest of the page expands only after intelligence, speed, context, and price are clear.

Intelligence
4.2
4

General reasoning and benchmark headroom.

Limited
Speed
152 tok/s
88

TTFT 1.25s

Above average
Context
N/A
N/A

How much prompt and task state can stay in view.

Unavailable
Price
$0.20
86

$0.60 output / 1M

Efficient

Editorial Profile

NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning) in one narrative

Positioning, tradeoffs, and fit are consolidated into one read instead of repeating the same story across separate cards.

Use-case specificCoding score 35Math score 27

The NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning) AI model by NVIDIA.

Identity

NVIDIA text-first profile

Positioning

Coding / Agent workflows with partially published context and fast runtime.

Cost posture

Efficient spend profile. More comfortable for sustained prompt volume if the capability fit is right.

Strengths
  • Latency and throughput look responsive enough for interactive loops.

Tradeoffs
  • Budget-friendly input pricing is a strength, but raw capability may vary by workload.

  • Current metadata points to a text-first profile rather than a broad multimodal one.

  • Context limits are only partially published, so long-session planning needs extra validation.

Best fit
  • Focused chat, retrieval-augmented flows, and narrower production tasks.

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Benchmarks

Grouped by job-to-be-done

Only benchmark categories with actual signal are shown. Secondary values stay as simple definitions instead of nested micro-cards.

General intelligence

Broad reasoning, knowledge depth, and flagship benchmark posture.

Intelligence Index
4.2
MMLU Pro
64.9%
GPQA
43.9%
HLE
4.3%
Coding

Software implementation, debugging quality, and coding benchmark signal.

LiveCodeBench
0.345
SciCode
17.6%
Math

Formal reasoning, structured problem solving, and competition-style math.

Math Index
26.7
AIME 2025
26.7%
Agent / tool use

Long-horizon execution quality and interactive benchmark evidence.

IFBench
25.9%
TAU2
19.3%
TerminalBench Hard
0.0%
LCR
19.7%

Specs & Pricing

Technical snapshot and cost posture

Specs stay neutral, pricing gets emphasis through values rather than extra containers. Raw provider internals remain in metadata at the end.

Technical snapshot
Context Window
N/A
Vision
Text-first
Price architecture
Input
per 1M input tokens
$0.20
Output
per 1M output tokens
$0.60
Blended
AA 3:1 mix
$0.30

This model is relatively efficient on price. It is the easier fit when sustained prompt volume matters.

Metadata

Raw source tables at the end

Verification details remain available, but the page no longer forces them ahead of the editorial read.