NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 2 VL is a 12-billion-parameter open multimodal reasoning model designed for video understanding and document intelligence. It introduces a hybrid Transformer-Mamba architecture, combining transformer-level accuracy with…
Model details →NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL (free) vs Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL (free) wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
The Qwen3.5 series 397B-A17B native vision-language model is built on a hybrid architecture that integrates a linear attention mechanism with a sparse mixture-of-experts model, achieving higher inference efficiency. It delivers state-of-the…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL (free) | Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 128K | 262K | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.00 | $0.39 | 🏆 NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL (free) |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.00 | $2.34 | 🏆 NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL (free) |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL (free) better than Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B?
NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL (free) wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL (free) and Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B?
Input: $0.00 vs $0.39 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.00 vs $2.34 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL (free) and Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B support?
NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL (free) supports up to 128K tokens. Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B supports up to 262K tokens.
Do both NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL (free) and Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B support tool calling?
NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL (free): yes. Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B: yes.