Gemma 4 26B A4B vs NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL: Release Comparison
Comparison of the Gemma 4 26B A4B and NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL releases: 2 and 2 models respectively, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across all 4 models.
| Gemma 4 26B A4B | Gemma 4 26B A4B (non-reasoning) | NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL | NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (non-reasoning) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence Index | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Finance & Accounting | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Strategy & Ops | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Legal | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Healthcare & Medical | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Cost per TaskUSD | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Time per TaskMinutes | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Time to First Answer Tokens | 28.23 | 1.61 | -- | 1.53 |
| Context Window | 256k | 256k | 128k | 128k |
| Creator |  Google | Google |  NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| License | Open | Open | Open | Open |
| Input Modality | Supports: text, image, and video | Supports: text, image, and video | Supports: text and image | Supports: text and image |
| Output Modality | Supports: text | Supports: text | Supports: text | Supports: text |
| Providers | -- |  | ||
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Task
Cost per Task (USD, Log Scale)
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Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Performance
Time per Intelligence Index Task
Capability Scores
Capability Indexes
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Briefcase v1.1, AA-Omniscience v1.1, HLE-Diamond, AutomationBench-AA, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 4 evaluations: AutomationBench-AA, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AA-Omniscience v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience v1.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, HLE-Diamond, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience v1.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, MLCR-AA, AutomationBench-AA, HLE-Diamond · Higher is better
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience v1.1, CritPt v2 (Hard Subset), Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1, HLE-Diamond, Terminal-Bench 4.0, FrontierCode-AA 2.0, AA-Briefcase v1.1 · Higher is better
Incorporates 4 evaluations: AA-Omniscience v1.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, HLE-Diamond, GDP.pdf · Higher is better