Grok 4 vs Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL (Comparative Analysis)

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Comparative Analysis: Grok 4 vs. Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL

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Overview

Grok 4 was released 3 months before Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL.

	Grok 4	Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL
Model Provider The organization behind this AI's development	XAI	NVIDIA
Input Context Window Maximum input tokens this model can process at once	256K tokens	131.1K tokens
Output Token Limit Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once	Not specified tokens	Not specified tokens
Release Date When this model first became publicly available	July 9, 2025 4 months ago July 9th, 2025	October 28, 2025 18 days ago October 28th, 2025

Capabilities & Features

Compare supported features, modalities, and advanced capabilities

	Grok 4	Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL
Input Types Supported input formats	🖼️Image📝Text	🖼️Image📝Text🎬Video
Output Types Supported output formats	📝Text	📝Text
Tokenizer Text encoding system	Grok	Other
Key Features Advanced capabilities	✓Function Calling✓Structured Output✓Reasoning ModeContent Moderation	Function Calling✓Structured Output✓Reasoning ModeContent Moderation
Open Source Model availability	Proprietary	Available on HuggingFace →

Pricing

Grok 4 is roughly 15.0x more expensive compared to Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL for input tokens and roughly 25.0x more expensive for output tokens.

	Grok 4	Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL
Input Token Cost Cost per million input tokens	$3.00 per million tokens	$0.20 per million tokens
Output Token Cost Cost per million outut tokens	$15.00 per million tokens	$0.60 per million tokens

Benchmarks

Compare relevant benchmarks between Grok 4 and Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL.

	Grok 4	Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL
MMLU Measures knowledge across 57 subjects like law, math, history, and science	Benchmark not available.	Benchmark not available.
MMMU Measures understanding of combined text and images across various domains	Benchmark not available.	Benchmark not available.
HellaSwag Measures common sense reasoning by having models complete sentences about everyday situations	Benchmark not available.	Benchmark not available.

At a Glance

Quick overview of what makes Grok 4 and Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL unique.

Grok 4 by XAI understands both text and images, can use external tools and APIs, offers advanced reasoning, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 256K token context window. Premium pricing at $3.00/M input and $15.00/M output tokens. Released July 9th, 2025.

Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL by NVIDIA understands both text and images, analyzes video, offers advanced reasoning, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 131.1K token context window. Very affordable at $0.20/M input and $0.60/M output tokens. Released October 28th, 2025.