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 vs Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct
NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Qwen2.5-VL-32B is a multimodal vision-language model fine-tuned through reinforcement learning for enhanced mathematical reasoning, structured outputs, and visual problem-solving capabilities. It excels at visual analysis tasks, including o…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL | Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 131K | 128K | 🏆 NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.20 | $0.20 | Tie |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.60 | $0.60 | Tie |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | — | — | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | — | 🏆 NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL |
Frequently asked questions
Is NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL better than Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct?
NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL 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 and Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct?
Input: $0.20 vs $0.20 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.60 vs $0.60 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL and Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct support?
NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL supports up to 131K tokens. Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct supports up to 128K tokens.
Do both NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL and Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct support tool calling?
NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL: not advertised. Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct: not advertised.