Compare/NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning) vs Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct

NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning)vsOlmo 3.1 32B Instruct

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

NVIDIA

NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning)

Input
$0.2/M
Output
$0.6/M
Speed
132 tok/s
TTFT
0.23s
Allen Institute for AI

Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct

Input
$0.2/M
Output
$0.6/M
Speed
55 tok/s
TTFT
0.23s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Tie
Faster (tok/s)
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning)
Lower Latency
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning)
Benchmarks (10-1)
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning)

Pricing Comparison

MetricNVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning)Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct
Input ($/M tokens)$0.2$0.2
Output ($/M tokens)$0.6$0.6
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning)$0.26
Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct$0.26

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning)
132 tok/s
Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct
55 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning)
0.23s
Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct
0.23s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
14.912.2
Coding Index
11.85.6
Math Index
75.0
GPQA Diamond
57.2%53.9%
MMLU-Pro
75.9%
LiveCodeBench
69.4%
AIME 2025
75.0%
MATH-500
Humanity's Last Exam
5.3%4.9%
SciCode
26.2%16.7%
IFBench
31.9%39.2%
TerminalBench
4.5%0.0%
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning)10 wins
1 winsOlmo 3.1 32B Instruct

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning) or Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct?

Both models have similar pricing. Check the detailed breakdown above for input vs output token costs.

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning) wins 10 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 1 for Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning) generates tokens faster at 132 tok/s vs 55 tok/s. NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning) also has lower time-to-first-token (0.23s vs 0.23s).

When should I use NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning) vs Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct?

Choose based on your priorities: both are similarly priced, NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning) for stronger benchmark performance, and NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.