Compare/NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning) vs gpt-oss-120B (low)

NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning)vsgpt-oss-120B (low)

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
138 tok/s
TTFT
0.53s
OpenAI

gpt-oss-120B (low)

Input
$0.15/M
Output
$0.6/M
Speed
255 tok/s
TTFT
0.51s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
gpt-oss-120B (low)
Faster (tok/s)
gpt-oss-120B (low)
Lower Latency
gpt-oss-120B (low)
Benchmarks (0-11)
gpt-oss-120B (low)

Pricing Comparison

MetricNVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning)gpt-oss-120B (low)
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-oss-120B (low)$0.21

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning)
138 tok/s
gpt-oss-120B (low)
255 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning)
0.53s
gpt-oss-120B (low)
0.51s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
10.124.5
Coding Index
5.915.5
Math Index
26.766.7
GPQA Diamond
43.9%67.2%
MMLU-Pro
64.9%77.5%
LiveCodeBench
34.5%70.7%
AIME 2025
26.7%66.7%
MATH-500
Humanity's Last Exam
4.5%5.2%
SciCode
17.6%36.0%
IFBench
25.9%58.3%
TerminalBench
0.0%5.3%
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning)0 wins
11 winsgpt-oss-120B (low)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning) or gpt-oss-120B (low)?

gpt-oss-120B (low) 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?

gpt-oss-120B (low) wins 11 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 0 for NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning). See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

gpt-oss-120B (low) generates tokens faster at 255 tok/s vs 138 tok/s. However, gpt-oss-120B (low) has lower time-to-first-token (0.51s vs 0.53s).

When should I use NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning) vs gpt-oss-120B (low)?

Choose based on your priorities: gpt-oss-120B (low) for lower cost, gpt-oss-120B (low) for stronger benchmark performance, and gpt-oss-120B (low) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.