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Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL API status on NVIDIA NIM

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★★★★★★★★★★ 3.5 Benchmark-backed score

Nemotron multimodal model for visual reasoning and agentic AI workflows

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API Details

Copy-ready connection details

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Base URL
https://integrate.api.nvidia.com/v1
Model ID
nvidia/nemotron-nano-12b-v2-vl
API format OpenAI Chat Completions
Technical Details

Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL specifications

Provider and model catalog
Context window 128K
Max output 128K
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Family nemotron
Released Oct 28, 2025
Last updated Jul 7, 2026
Free listing since Oct 28, 2025
Input text, image, video
Output text
Capabilities reasoning, tool calling, file attachments, temperature control
Open weights Yes
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.

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Best for
  • Chat
Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

  • Long context window
  • Reasoning mode listed
  • Tool calling support
  • Open weights available

Watch outs

  • Current endpoint availability needs provider confirmation
Benchmark Overview

Benchmark signals for Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL

Measured data
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
Pricing

Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL pricing per 1M tokens

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Input $0 per 1M tokens
Output $0 per 1M tokens
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Availability

Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL availability by provider

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We only found this nemotron-nano-12b-v2-vl listing on NVIDIA NIM in the current catalog. Use the related models section for nearby alternatives.

Provider Model listing Access Context API Limits
NVIDIA NIM Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL Check provider 128K Native Varies
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Typical Use Cases

Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL use cases

Chat

Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL is tagged for chat in this catalog and works with OpenAI-compatible client libraries.

FAQ

Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL free API FAQ

Is Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL free to use?

Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL appears in the free model catalog for NVIDIA NIM, but its current endpoint availability should be confirmed with the provider before use.

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.

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