Llama 4 Maverick vs Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL
Prices checked
Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL takes 3 of 5 rounds against Llama 4 Maverick. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.30 per million tokens against $0.34.
MetaLlama 4 Maverick
128k context · tool calling · reads images · open weights
$0.34/M tokensCheapest price, at Jiekou · $0.15 per 1,000 pages
NVIDIAWins 3 roundsNemotron Nano 12B v2 VL
131k context · tool calling · reads images · open weights
$0.30/M tokensDigitalOcean Gradient's own price · $0.16 per 1,000 pages
Maker's price in (lower wins)
$0.19/M
$0.20/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$0.65/M
$0.60/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
$0.34/M at Jiekou
none below the maker
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$0.30/M
$0.30/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$0.15
$0.16
Context
128k tokens
131k tokens
Open weights
yes
yes
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
not published
not published
Reads images
yes
yes
Reasoning
no
yes
Released
5 Apr 2025
28 Oct 2025
Providers selling it
23
3
Price we measure against
OpenRouter
DigitalOcean Gradient
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not published
no provider to check
Providers selling both · 3
DigitalOcean Gradient$0.41 / $0.30
Vercel AI Gateway$0.42 / $0.30
TrustedRouter$0.43 / $0.32
Llama 4 Maverick, then Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL, per million tokens.
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or change the weighting, in the tool.
What moved this week
- TrustedRouter · 0.6% cheaper · $0.28 / $0.87 $0.28 / $0.88
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Llama 4 Maverick or Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL?
- Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL, at $0.30 per million tokens against $0.34 for Llama 4 Maverick, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 21 Oct 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Llama 4 Maverick: $0.34 at Jiekou. Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL: nobody sells it below DigitalOcean Gradient's own price with a stated reason, so $0.30 is the number to beat.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 3 providers sell both: DigitalOcean Gradient, Vercel AI Gateway, TrustedRouter. The cheapest of them for the two together is DigitalOcean Gradient.
- Which holds more context?
- Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL, at 131k tokens against 128k.
Prices exclude tax, read 21 Oct 2026 from each provider's own catalog. They are per M tokens, blended 3 in : 1 out, and a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.
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