Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL

NVIDIA chatvisionvideoreasoningtool_use

API ID: nvidia/nemotron-nano-12b-v2-vl

Input Price
$0.20
/1M tokens
Output Price
$0.60
/1M tokens

About Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL

Nemotron Nano is NVIDIA's compact model series, designed for efficient deployment on edge devices and resource-constrained environments. The models deliver good performance while maintaining minimal resource requirements. Nemotron Nano excels at basic tasks and is optimized for NVIDIA's smaller GPU offerings. Available in various sizes including vision-enabled variants. For developers building AI features on NVIDIA edge hardware, Nemotron Nano provides optimized capability in a practical package.

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Price Ranking
#720 lowest price among 950 Chat models

Model Specifications

Context Length
131k
Max Output
—
Release Date
2025-10-28
Capabilities
chat vision video reasoning tool_use
Input Modalities
imagetextvideo
Output Modalities
text

Best For

  • Complex reasoning, math problems, multi-step logic
  • Image analysis, document understanding, visual Q&A
  • Conversations, content writing, general assistance

Consider Alternatives For

  • Simple Q&A (cheaper models available)

💰 Real-World Cost Examples

Estimated monthly costs for common use cases

Personal AI Assistant
$0.27
/month
50 conversations/day, ~500 tokens each
Customer Service Bot
$8.40
/month
1000 tickets/day, ~800 tokens each
Data Analysis Pipeline
$11.70
/month
500 analyses/day, ~2k tokens each

NVIDIA Model Lineup

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🚀 Quick Start

Get started with Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL API

OpenAI-compatible SDK
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.provider.com/v1",
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="nvidia/nemotron-nano-12b-v2-vl",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)