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Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (free)OPEN
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Benchmarks & performance
Independent benchmark scores for Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (free), measured by Artificial Analysis. Higher is better. Measurement mode: Reasoning.
For the same budget, Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (free) delivers 21 times more capability. Open weights also mean you can self-host it and pay nothing per token.
About this model
Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (free) is an open-weight AI model by NVIDIA. You can download and self-host it for free; the prices below are hosted-API list prices, tracked hourly, for when you prefer convenience over self-hosting.
Frequently asked questions
What is Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (free)?
Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (free) is an AI language model from NVIDIA. It is open-weight: you can download it and run it on your own hardware, for free. It scores 8.8 on the Artificial Analysis intelligence index.
Is Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (free) free?
The weights are free and open — you can self-host Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (free) and pay nothing per token. If you prefer a hosted API, list prices are Free per million input tokens and Free per million output tokens.
What is Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (free) good at?
Independent benchmarks from Artificial Analysis give it GPQA 57%, MMLU-Pro 74.2%, Humanity's Last Exam 4.6%, Long Context Reasoning 21%, LiveCodeBench 72.4%, SciCode 22%, AIME 2025 69.7%, IFBench 27.6%, τ²-Bench 21.9%, Terminal-Bench Hard 1.5%. It is particularly used for mathematical reasoning.
How fast is Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (free)?
It generates about 171 tokens per second, with a median 7.27s delay before the first token. Measured independently by Artificial Analysis.
Can I self-host Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (free)?
Yes. Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (free) has open weights, so you can download it and run it on your own GPU or server with tools like Ollama, vLLM or llama.cpp — with no per-token cost.
Open-source alternatives
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