NVIDIA: Llama Nemotron Embed VL 1B V2 (free) — Free API

What is NVIDIA: Llama Nemotron Embed VL 1B V2 (free)?

NVIDIA Llama Nemotron Embed VL 1B V2 is a compact multimodal retrieval model available free on OpenRouter. Optimized for multimodal question-answering retrieval — it embeds documents as image, text, or both, retrievable via text query. Supports images containing text, tables, charts, and infographics. 131K context window, 1B parameters. Not a chat model — purpose-built for embedding and retrieval pipelines. OpenAI-compatible via OpenRouter. Free tier: 200 RPD.

NVIDIA: Llama Nemotron Embed VL 1B V2 (free) API Code Example

Paste your API key and run. See the config generator for Claude Code, Cursor, and more tools.

from openai import OpenAI

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

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="nvidia/llama-nemotron-embed-vl-1b-v2-20260224:free",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

import OpenAI from "openai";

const openai = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
  apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY",
});

const completion = await openai.chat.completions.create({
  model: "nvidia/llama-nemotron-embed-vl-1b-v2-20260224:free",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});

console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);

curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "model": "nvidia/llama-nemotron-embed-vl-1b-v2-20260224:free",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

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