Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL (free)

NVIDIA chatreasoningtool_usevideovision Free

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

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Input Price
Free
/1M tokens
Output Price
Free
/1M tokens

About Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL (free)

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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Model Specifications

Context Length
128k
Max Output
128k
Release Date
2025-10-28
Capabilities
chat reasoning tool_use video vision
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

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  • Simple Q&A (cheaper models available)
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Get started with Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL (free) 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)

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