Nemotron Nano 2 12B is NVIDIA's language model with a 131K context window and up to 8K output tokens, available from 2 providers, starting at $0.2 / 1M input and $0.2 / 1M output. A 12B-parameter hybrid LLM from NVIDIA's Nemotron Nano v2 series, trained from scratch as a unified model supporting both reasoning and non-reasoning modes.
Capabilities
Input2/5
Text✓
Image✓
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities2/13
Reasoning·
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling✓
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs✓
Native JSON Schema·
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·
Pricing by Provider
US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
| Provider | Standard | Flex | Fast | Batch | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | |
| $0.2 | $0.6 | $0.1 | $0.3 | $0.35 | $1.05 | $0.1 | $0.3 | |
| $0.2 | $0.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Cost Calculator
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Cheapest Instances to Run It
Cloud GPU instances that can host Nemotron Nano 2 12B, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 29 GB of GPU memory at FP16 precision (estimated from its parameter count), so treat the fit as guidance rather than a guarantee.
All clouds
FP16 (full precision)
US Dollar ($)
Instance | Cloud | GPU | VRAM | Price | Cheapest region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard_NV16as_v4 | AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 | 32 GB | $0.932/hr | |||
| Standard_NP10s | AMD Alveo U250 FPGA (64GB) | 64 GB | $1.65/hr | |||
| g6e.xlarge | L40S | 45 GB | $1.86/hr | |||
Versions
| Version | Released | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nemotron Super 3 120B A12B | 1.0M | $0.080 | $0.400 | Available | |
| Nemotron Nano 3 30B A3B | 262K | $0.050 | $0.200 | Available | |
| Nemotron 3 Ultra | — | 262K | $0.600 | $2.40 | Available |
| Nemotron Lightning 3.5 30B A3B | — | 262K | $0.050 | $0.200 | Available |
| Nemotron Nano 2 12B | 131K | $0.200 | $0.200 | Current | |
| Nemotron Nano 2 9B | 131K | $0.040 | $0.160 | Deprecated |