Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2-VL
Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2-VL is worth evaluating for vision and json / tool use when its provider route and context window match the workload.
Use it for
- Teams evaluating vision and json / tool use
- Buyers comparing 3 tracked provider routes
Do not use it for
- Workloads where another current model has stronger sourced task evidence
- Family
- Nemotron Nano 2
- Released
- 2025-10-28
- Parameters
- 12B
- Architecture
- Decoder Only
- Specialization
- general
- Openness
- Open weights
- License
- Llama 3 CommunityCommercial use: conditional
Cheapest of 3 routes · OpenRouter
About
Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2-VL is NVIDIA AI's Nemotron Nano 2 model with multimodal text and image input. It was released 2025-10-28.
Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2-VL is an open-weight model in the Nemotron Nano 2 family. The structured metadata tracks multimodal input and structured outputs. This page tracks provider routes through NVIDIA NIM, OpenRouter, and Vercel AI Gateway, with the cheapest tracked route listed at $0.2 input and $0.6 output per 1M tokens. No headline benchmark score is tracked for Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2-VL yet.
Top use-case fit
Vision
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
JSON / Tool use
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
Provider price ladder
Compare all 3Compare API pricing across 3 providers for input and output tokens, batch, and cached reads when available.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Route |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | $0.200 | $0.600 | Serverless |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $0.200 | $0.600 | Serverless |
| NVIDIA NIM | - | - | ServerlessPartial |
Available via routers & gateways(1)
Capabilities
Benchmark peer barsfor Vision
No task-mapped benchmark peers are available for this model yet.
Migration checks
No linked migration route is available for this model yet.
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Frequently asked questions
How much does Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2-VL cost?
Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2-VL is available at $0.2/1M input tokens through OpenRouter.
When was Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2-VL released?
Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2-VL was released on 2025-10-28.
Which providers offer Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2-VL?
Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2-VL is available from 3 providers: NVIDIA NIM, OpenRouter, Vercel AI Gateway.
Cheapest of 3 routes · OpenRouter