NVIDIA-Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2 is a large language model (LLM) trained from scratch by NVIDIA, and designed as a unified model for both reasoning and non-reasoning tasks. It responds to user queries and tasks by first generating a reasoning tra…
Model details →NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (free) vs Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (free) wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking is a reasoning-first chat model in the Qwen3-Next line that outputs structured “thinking” traces by default. It’s designed for hard multi-step problems; math proofs, code synthesis/debugging, logic, and agentic p…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (free) | Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 128K | 131K | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.00 | $0.10 | 🏆 NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (free) |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.00 | $0.78 | 🏆 NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (free) |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | — | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (free) better than Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking?
NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (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 9B V2 (free) and Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking?
Input: $0.00 vs $0.10 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.00 vs $0.78 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (free) and Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking support?
NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (free) supports up to 128K tokens. Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking supports up to 131K tokens.
Do both NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (free) and Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking support tool calling?
NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (free): yes. Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: yes.