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Aquila 2 34B vs Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct

Aquila 2 34B (2023) and Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct (2024) are compact production models from Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence (BAAI) and NVIDIA AI. Aquila 2 34B ships a 2k-token context window, while Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct ships a 4k-token context window. This comparison covers specs, pricing, API access, capabilities, benchmarks, input and output token costs, and production fit for coding and agent workloads.

Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct is safer overall; choose Aquila 2 34B when provider fit matters.

Decision scorecard

Local evidence first
SignalAquila 2 34BNemotron Mini 4B Instruct
Best forgeneral production evaluationgeneral production evaluation
Decision fitGeneralGeneral
Context window2k4k
Cheapest output--
Provider routes0 tracked1 tracked
Shared benchmarks0 shared0 shared

Decision tradeoffs

Choose Aquila 2 34B when...
  • Use Aquila 2 34B when your own prompt tests beat the comparison signals; the local data does not show a decisive standalone advantage yet.
Choose Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct when...
  • Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct has the larger context window for long prompts, retrieval packs, or transcript analysis.
  • Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct has broader tracked provider coverage for fallback and route flexibility.

Monthly cost at traffic

Estimate token spend from the cheapest tracked input and output route or tier on this page.

Aquila 2 34B

Unavailable

No complete token price in local provider data

Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct

Unavailable

No complete token price in local provider data

Cost delta unavailable until both models have sourced input and output token prices.

Switch friction

Aquila 2 34B -> Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct
  • No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Aquila 2 34B and Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct -> Aquila 2 34B
  • No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct and Aquila 2 34B; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.

Specs

Specification
Released2023-11-022024-08-01
Context window2k4k
Parameters34B4B
ArchitectureDecoder OnlyDecoder Only
LicenseProprietaryNVIDIA Open Model
OpennessProprietaryOpen weights
WeightsNot releasedUnknown
CodeUnknownUnknown
Commercial useCommercial use: conditionalCommercial use: permitted
Knowledge cutoff--

Pricing and availability

Pricing attributeAquila 2 34BNemotron Mini 4B Instruct
Input price--
Output price--
Providers-

Pricing not yet sourced for either model.

Capabilities

CapabilityAquila 2 34BNemotron Mini 4B Instruct
VisionNoNo
MultimodalNoNo
ReasoningNoNo
JSON / Tool useNoNo
Structured outputsNoNo
Code executionNoNo
IDE integrationNoNo
Computer useNoNo
Parallel agentsNoNo

Benchmarks

No shared benchmark scores are currently available for this pair.

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Last reviewed: 2026-05-19. Data sourced from public model cards and provider documentation.