NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL vs gpt-oss-20b: Release Comparison
Comparison of the NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL and gpt-oss-20b 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, gpt-oss-20b scores highest: gpt-oss-20b (low) at 10, against NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning) at 7 for NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL.
- For output speed, gpt-oss-20b is fastest: gpt-oss-20b (low) at 224 t/s, against NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning) at 194 t/s for NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL.
Releases compared
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Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task
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Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better
Further details
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| gpt-oss-20b (low) |  OpenAI | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.1 | $0.07 | $0.20 | - | - | - | - | - | 224 | 0.92s | 9.84s | 12.07s | - | 21B 3.6B active at inference time | 131k | Aug 2025 | May 2025 | Yes | Supports: text | Supports: text |    +5 | |||
| gpt-oss-20b (high) | OpenAI | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 11 | $0.01 | $0.1 | $0.06 | $0.19 | - | $29 | 18k | 16k | 70M | 182 | 0.85s | 11.86s | 14.61s | 104.99s | 21B 3.6B active at inference time | 131k | Aug 2025 | May 2024 | Yes | Supports: text | Supports: text |    +6 | |||
| NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Reasoning) |  NVIDIA | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.2 | $0.20 | $0.60 | - | - | - | - | - | 95 | 7.37s | 28.31s | 33.55s | - | 13.2B | 128k | Oct 2025 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | | |||
| NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning) | NVIDIA | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.2 | $0.20 | $0.60 | - | - | - | - | - | 194 | 1.93s | 1.93s | 4.51s | - | 13.2B | 128k | Oct 2025 | - | No | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | | |||