Compare/NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning) vs Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning)

NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning)vsQwen3.5 9B (Reasoning)

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

NVIDIA

NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning)

Input
$0.04/M
Output
$0.16/M
Speed
127 tok/s
TTFT
0.25s
Alibaba

Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning)

Input
$0.1/M
Output
$0.15/M
Speed
61 tok/s
TTFT
0.33s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning)
Faster (tok/s)
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning)
Lower Latency
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning)
Benchmarks (4-7)
Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning)

Pricing Comparison

MetricNVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning)Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning)
Input ($/M tokens)$0.04$0.1
Output ($/M tokens)$0.16$0.15
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning)$0.06
Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning)$0.12

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning)
127 tok/s
Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning)
61 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning)
0.25s
Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning)
0.33s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
14.832.4
Coding Index
8.325.3
Math Index
69.7
GPQA Diamond
57.0%80.6%
MMLU-Pro
74.2%
LiveCodeBench
72.4%
AIME 2025
69.7%
MATH-500
Humanity's Last Exam
4.6%13.3%
SciCode
22.0%27.5%
IFBench
27.6%66.7%
TerminalBench
1.5%24.2%
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning)4 wins
7 winsQwen3.5 9B (Reasoning)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning) or Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning)?

NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.07/M tokens vs $0.11/M for Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning).

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) wins 7 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 4 for NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning). See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning) generates tokens faster at 127 tok/s vs 61 tok/s. NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning) also has lower time-to-first-token (0.25s vs 0.33s).

When should I use NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning) vs Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning)?

Choose based on your priorities: NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning) for lower cost, Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) for stronger benchmark performance, and NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.