Qwen3.6 35B A3B vs NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL: Release Comparison
Comparison of the Qwen3.6 35B A3B 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.
| Qwen3.6 35B A3B | Qwen3.6 35B A3B (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 | 19.17 | 3.16 | -- | 1.53 |
| Context Window | 262k | 262k | 128k | 128k |
| Creator |  Alibaba | Alibaba |  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)
Cost
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