Compare/NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning) vs GPT-4o mini

NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning)vsGPT-4o mini

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

NVIDIA

NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning)

Input
$0.2/M
Output
$0.6/M
Speed
236 tok/s
TTFT
0.74s
OpenAI

GPT-4o mini

Input
$0.15/M
Output
$0.6/M
Speed
66 tok/s
TTFT
0.70s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
GPT-4o mini
Faster (tok/s)
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning)
Lower Latency
GPT-4o mini
Benchmarks (8-4)
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning)

Pricing Comparison

MetricNVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning)GPT-4o mini
Input ($/M tokens)$0.2$0.15
Output ($/M tokens)$0.6$0.6
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning)$0.26
GPT-4o mini$0.21

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning)
236 tok/s
GPT-4o mini
66 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning)
0.74s
GPT-4o mini
0.70s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
10.112.6
Coding Index
5.9
Math Index
26.714.7
GPQA Diamond
43.9%42.6%
MMLU-Pro
64.9%64.8%
LiveCodeBench
34.5%23.4%
AIME 2025
26.7%14.7%
MATH-500
78.9%
Humanity's Last Exam
4.5%4.0%
SciCode
17.6%22.9%
IFBench
25.9%31.0%
TerminalBench
0.0%
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning)8 wins
4 winsGPT-4o mini

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning) or GPT-4o mini?

GPT-4o mini is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.26/M tokens vs $0.30/M for NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning).

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning) wins 8 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 4 for GPT-4o mini. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning) generates tokens faster at 236 tok/s vs 66 tok/s. However, GPT-4o mini has lower time-to-first-token (0.70s vs 0.74s).

When should I use NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning) vs GPT-4o mini?

Choose based on your priorities: GPT-4o mini for lower cost, NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning) for stronger benchmark performance, and NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.