Nemotron Nano 2 Models by NVIDIA AI
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6 models2025Up to 128K ctxFrom $0.040/1M input
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Details
ResearcherNVIDIA AI
LicenseLlama 3 Community
Commercial useRestricted
Models6
Released2025
Max context128K
Capabilities
Vision2 of 6 models
Multimodal2 of 6 models
Structured Outputs2 of 6 models
Links
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Second generation Nemotron Nano with Hybrid Transformer-Mamba architecture
Decision facts
- Best fit
- vision and multimodal workstructured outputs
- Capability starting point
- Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2-VL with structured outputs and multimodal inputs
- Lowest tracked input
- Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2 · $0.040/1M · OpenRouter
- Closest related family
- NemoGuard
Current Variants
Use-when guidance is based on each model's tracked capabilities, context window, release date, and replacement status.
6 in view
Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2-VLCurrent
Use when the workload needs 12B parameters, structured outputs, and multimodal inputs.
2025-1012B parametersstructured outputsmultimodal inputs
Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2Current
Use when the workload needs 128K context, 9B parameters, and structured outputs.
2025-08128K context9B parametersstructured outputs
Use when the workload needs 4K context and 4B parameters.
2025-044K context4B parameters
Use when the workload needs 4K context and 8B parameters.
2025-034K context8B parameters
Use when the workload needs 4K context, 8B parameters, and multimodal inputs.
2025-034K context8B parametersmultimodal inputs
| Model | Use when | Released | Signals | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2-VL | Use when the workload needs 12B parameters, structured outputs, and multimodal inputs. | 2025-10 | 12B parametersstructured outputsmultimodal inputs | Current |
| Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2 | Use when the workload needs 12B parameters. | 2025-08 | 12B parameters | Current |
| Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2 | Use when the workload needs 128K context, 9B parameters, and structured outputs. | 2025-08 | 128K context9B parametersstructured outputs | Current |
| Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 4B v1.1 | Use when the workload needs 4K context and 4B parameters. | 2025-04 | 4K context4B parameters | Current |
| Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B v1 | Use when the workload needs 4K context and 8B parameters. | 2025-03 | 4K context8B parameters | Current |
| Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano VL 8B v1 | Use when the workload needs 4K context, 8B parameters, and multimodal inputs. | 2025-03 | 4K context8B parametersmultimodal inputs | Current |
Release Timeline
4 release groups2025-10
1 current
Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2-VL
Current12B parametersstructured outputsmultimodal inputs
2025-08
2 current
Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2
Current12B parameters
Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2
Current128K context9B parametersstructured outputs
2025-04
1 current
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 4B v1.1
Current4K context4B parameters
2025-03
2 current
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B v1
Current4K context8B parameters
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano VL 8B v1
Current4K context8B parametersmultimodal inputs
Specifications(6 models)
| Model | Released | Context | Parameters | Vision | Multimodal | Structured Outputs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2-VL | 2025-10 | — | 12B | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2 | 2025-08 | — | 12B | No | No | No |
| Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2 | 2025-08 | 128K | 9B | No | No | Yes |
| Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 4B v1.1 | 2025-04 | 4K | 4B | No | No | No |
| Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B v1 | 2025-03 | 4K | 8B | No | No | No |
| Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano VL 8B v1 | 2025-03 | 4K | 8B | Yes | Yes | No |
Available From(4 providers)
Pricing
| Model | Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2 | OpenRouter | $0.04 | $0.16 | Serverless |
| Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2 | AWS Bedrock | $0.06 | $0.23 | Serverless |
| Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2 | Vercel AI Gateway | $0.06 | $0.23 | Serverless |
| Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2-VL | AWS Bedrock | $0.2 | $0.6 | Serverless |
| Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2-VL | OpenRouter | $0.2 | $0.6 | Serverless |
| Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2-VL | Vercel AI Gateway | $0.2 | $0.6 | Serverless |
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Related Model Families
Models(6)
Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2-VL
2025-1012B4 providers
MultimodalOpen Weights
Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2
2025-0812B
Open Weights
Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2
2025-08128K9B4 providers
Open Weights
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 4B v1.1
2025-044K4B1 provider
Open Weights
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B v1
2025-034K8B1 provider
Open Weights
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano VL 8B v1
2025-034K8B1 provider
MultimodalOpen Weights