AI Recommendation
Should you use Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL?
Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL is listed for chat workloads and supports a 128K context window.
Use it when NVIDIA NIM's free tier is enough for evaluation, demos, or light production traffic.
Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL Free API on NVIDIA NIM
Free API VerifiedNemotron multimodal model for visual reasoning and agentic AI workflows
Free APINVIDIA NIM nativeReasoningTool callingVisionReasoning
Context window 128K
Max output 128K
API format NVIDIA NIM native
Status Online
Best for
- Chat
Benchmark Overview
Benchmark signals for Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL
Intelligence General reasoning and instruction following
14.9/100 Coding Programming and code generation
11.7/100 Agentic Tool use and multi-step tasks
7.1/100 Context Maximum listed context window
128K Availability
Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL availability by provider
We found 2 provider listings for nemotron-nano-12b-v2-vl. Check model ID, quota, pricing, and API format before switching providers.
| Provider | Model listing | Access | Context | API | Limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL | Free tier | 128K | Native | Varies |
| | NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL (free) | Free tier | 128K | OpenAI-style | 200 req/day (free tier) |
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Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL alternatives to consider
| Model | Provider | Context | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL (free) | OpenRouter | 128K | Free tier |
| 01-ai/yi-large | NVIDIA NIM | 131K | Check provider |
| adept/fuyu-8b | NVIDIA NIM | 131K | Check provider |
| ai21labs/jamba-1.5-large-instruct | NVIDIA NIM | 131K | Check provider |
| aisingapore/sea-lion-7b-instruct | NVIDIA NIM | 131K | Check provider |
Typical Use Cases
Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL use cases
Chat
Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL is tagged for chat in this catalog.
FAQ
Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL free API FAQ
Is Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL free to use?
Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL is listed with free API access on NVIDIA NIM, subject to the provider's quota and account policy.
What is the Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL model ID?
The model ID shown in this catalog is nvidia/nemotron-nano-12b-v2-vl.
What context window does Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL support?
The listed context window is 128K tokens with up to 128K output tokens.
More about Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B V2 VL is a 12B-parameter multimodal reasoning model available free on OpenRouter. Uses a hybrid Transformer-Mamba architecture for better throughput and lower latency. Handles text and multi-image document inputs with 128K context. Optimized for optical character recognition (OCR), chart reasoning, and multimodal comprehension. Supports long-form video via Efficient Video Sampling (EVS). Achieves ~74 average across MMMU, MathVista, AI2D, OCRBench, ChartQA, DocVQA, and Video-MME. Open-weights under NVIDIA license. Also available on NVIDIA NIM. OpenAI-compatible. Free tier: 200 RPD.
For API keys, setup steps, and provider-level limits, see the NVIDIA NIM provider page.