AI Tools Review

NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL

By Nvidia

Released: 2025-10-28

API
LLM
RAG
Nvidia
Paid
New

Nvidia Nemotron Nano 12B V2 Vl, developed by NVIDIA, features 12B parameters and 131k-token context window. NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 2 VL is a 12-billion-parameter open multimodal reasoning model designed for video understanding and document intelligence. It introduces a hybrid Transformer-Mamba architecture, combining transformer-level accuracy with Mamba’s memory-efficient sequence modelling for significantly higher throughput and lower latency. The model supports inputs of text and multi-image documents, producing natural-language outputs. It is trained on high-quality NVIDIA-curated synthetic datasets optimised for optical-character recognition, chart reasoning, and multimodal comprehension. Nemotron Nano 2 VL achieves leading results on OCRBench v2 and scores ≈ 74 average across MMMU, MathVista, AI2D, OCRBench, OCR-Reasoning, ChartQA, DocVQA, and Video-MME—surpassing prior open VL baselines. With Efficient Video Sampling (EVS), it handles long-form videos while reducing inference cost. Open-weights, training data, and fine-tuning recipes are released under a permissive NVIDIA open license, with deployment supported across NeMo, NIM, and major inference runtimes. Available at $0.2/1M tokens.

Visit NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL

AI-Powered

Leverages advanced AI technology to deliver cutting-edge capabilities and results.

Fast & Efficient

Optimized performance ensures quick results without compromising on quality.

Purpose-Built

Specifically designed for llms tasks and workflows.

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Specifications

pricing$0.20 / $0.60 (per 1M)
context Window131k tokens

AI Evaluation

4.8
Expert Rating
Text4.9/5
Coding3.5/5

Compact but capable, this reasoning-focused model handles complex logical tasks efficiently. A good balance of analytical power and resource efficiency.

Pros

  • Competitive pricing ($0.2/1M)
  • 131k token context window
  • Advanced logical reasoning
  • Video content understanding

Cons

  • API integration required
  • May need prompt tuning