Gemma 4 E2B vs NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL: Release Comparison
Comparison of the Gemma 4 E2B 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.
- For intelligence, Gemma 4 E2B scores highest: Gemma 4 E2B (Reasoning) at 8, against NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning) at 7 for NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL.
Releases compared
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Cost
Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Speed & Latency
Output Speed
Capability Scores
Capability Indices
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Humanity's Last Exam, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better
Further details
Input modality | Output modality | Weights | Provider Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Gemma 4 E2B (Reasoning) |  Google | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.1B 2.3B active at inference time | 128k | Apr 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text, image, speech, and video | Supports: text and image | - | |||
| NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning) |  NVIDIA | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.2 | $0.20 | $0.60 | - | - | - | - | - | 148 | 3.17s | 16.72s | 20.10s | - | 13.2B | 128k | Oct 2025 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text |  | |||
| Gemma 4 E2B (Non-reasoning) | Google | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.1B 2.3B active at inference time | 128k | Apr 2026 | - | No | Supports: text, image, speech, and video | Supports: text and image | - | |||
| NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning) | NVIDIA | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.2 | $0.20 | $0.60 | - | - | - | - | - | 198 | 1.33s | 1.33s | 3.86s | - | 13.2B | 128k | Oct 2025 | - | No | Supports: text and image | Supports: text |  | |||