NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL
Access Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL from NVIDIA using Puter.js AI API.
Get Started// npm install @heyputer/puter.js
import { puter } from '@heyputer/puter.js';
puter.ai.chat("Explain quantum computing in simple terms", {
model: "nvidia/nemotron-nano-12b-v2-vl"
}).then(response => {
document.body.innerHTML = response.message.content;
});
<html>
<body>
<script src="https://js.puter.com/v2/"></script>
<script>
puter.ai.chat("Explain quantum computing in simple terms", {
model: "nvidia/nemotron-nano-12b-v2-vl"
}).then(response => {
document.body.innerHTML = response.message.content;
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
# pip install openai
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.puter.com/puterai/openai/v1/",
api_key="YOUR_PUTER_AUTH_TOKEN",
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="nvidia/nemotron-nano-12b-v2-vl",
messages=[
{"role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum computing in simple terms"}
],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)
curl https://api.puter.com/puterai/openai/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_PUTER_AUTH_TOKEN" \
-d '{
"model": "nvidia/nemotron-nano-12b-v2-vl",
"messages": [
{"role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum computing in simple terms"}
]
}'
Model Card
Nemotron Nano 12B V2 VL is a 12.6B parameter multimodal vision-language model built on a hybrid Mamba-Transformer architecture for document intelligence and video understanding. It processes multiple images, documents, and videos while achieving leading results on OCRBench v2 with up to 2.5x higher throughput using Efficient Video Sampling.
Context Window 131K
tokens
Max Output N/A
tokens
Input Cost $0.2
per million tokens
Output Cost $0.6
per million tokens
Release Date Aug 18, 2025
Model Playground
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Frequently Asked Questions
You can access Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL by NVIDIA through Puter.js AI API. Include the library in your web app or Node.js project and start making calls with just a few lines of JavaScript — no backend and no configuration required. You can also use it with Python or cURL via Puter's OpenAI-compatible API.
Yes, it is free if you're using it through Puter.js. With the User-Pays Model, you can add Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL to your app at no cost — your users pay for their own AI usage directly, making it completely free for you as a developer.
| Price per 1M tokens | |
|---|---|
| Input | $0.2 |
| Output | $0.6 |
Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL was created by NVIDIA and released on Aug 18, 2025.
Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL supports a context window of 131K tokens. For reference, that is roughly equivalent to 262 pages of text.
Yes — the Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL API works with any JavaScript framework, Node.js, or plain HTML through Puter.js. Just include the library and start building. See the documentation for more details.
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