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Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Nemotron Nano 9B v2

Gemini 2.5 Pro significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Google · NVIDIA · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Gemini 2.5 Pro outperforms in 2 benchmarks (AIME 2025, GPQA), while Nemotron Nano 9B v2 is better at 0 benchmarks. Gemini 2.5 Pro significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Based on current benchmark, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Gemini 2.5 Pro

  • you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 2 of 2 shared benchmarks

Choose Nemotron Nano 9B v2

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Aug 2025
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Gemini 2.5 Pro
Google
Nemotron Nano 9B v2
NVIDIA
Benchmark wins
2 of 2
0 of 2
Input price
$1.25 / M
— / M
Output price
$10.00 / M
— / M
Context window
1,048,576
—
Released
May 2025
Aug 2025
License
Proprietary
NVIDIA Open Model License Agreement

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

Gemini 2.5 Pro outperforms in 2 benchmarks (AIME 2025, GPQA), while Nemotron Nano 9B v2 is better at 0 benchmarks.

Gemini 2.5 Pro significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Tue Aug 25 2026 • llm-stats.com

Arena Performance

Playground indexes and blind preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Gemini 2.5 Pro specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only Gemini 2.5 Pro specifies output context (65,536 tokens).

Google
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output65,536 tokens
NVIDIA
Nemotron Nano 9B v2
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Tue Aug 25 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Gemini 2.5 Pro supports multimodal inputs, whereas Nemotron Nano 9B v2 does not.

Gemini 2.5 Pro can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Nemotron Nano 9B v2

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 2.5 Pro is licensed under a proprietary license, while Nemotron Nano 9B v2 uses NVIDIA Open Model License Agreement .

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Proprietary

Closed source

Nemotron Nano 9B v2

NVIDIA Open Model License Agreement

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 2.5 Pro was released on 2025-05-20, while Nemotron Nano 9B v2 was released on 2025-08-18.

Nemotron Nano 9B v2 is 3 months newer than Gemini 2.5 Pro.

Gemini 2.5 Pro

May 20, 2025

1.3 years ago

Nemotron Nano 9B v2

Aug 18, 2025

1.0 years ago

3mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 2.5 Pro has a knowledge cutoff of 2025-01-31, while Nemotron Nano 9B v2 has a cutoff of 2024-09-01.

Gemini 2.5 Pro has more recent training data (up to 2025-01-31), making it potentially better informed about events through that date compared to Nemotron Nano 9B v2 (2024-09-01).

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Jan 2025

4 mo newer
Nemotron Nano 9B v2

Sep 2024

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Gemini 2.5 Pro and Nemotron Nano 9B v2 side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Gemini 2.5 Pro
✓ Preferred
Nemotron Nano 9B v2
Open in Playground

FAQ

Common questions about Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Nemotron Nano 9B v2.

Which is better, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Nemotron Nano 9B v2?

Gemini 2.5 Pro significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Gemini 2.5 Pro is made by Google and Nemotron Nano 9B v2 is made by NVIDIA. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.

How does Gemini 2.5 Pro compare to Nemotron Nano 9B v2 in benchmarks?

Gemini 2.5 Pro scores MRCR: 93.0%, AIME 2024: 92.0%, Global-MMLU-Lite: 88.6%, Video-MME: 84.8%, AIME 2025: 83.0%. Nemotron Nano 9B v2 scores MATH-500: 97.8%, IFEval: 90.3%, AIME 2025: 72.1%, LiveCodeBench: 71.1%, BFCL_v3_MultiTurn: 66.9%.

What are the context window sizes for Gemini 2.5 Pro and Nemotron Nano 9B v2?

Gemini 2.5 Pro supports 1.0M tokens and Nemotron Nano 9B v2 supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Gemini 2.5 Pro and Nemotron Nano 9B v2?

Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs NVIDIA Open Model License Agreement ). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Gemini 2.5 Pro and Nemotron Nano 9B v2?

Gemini 2.5 Pro is developed by Google and Nemotron Nano 9B v2 is developed by NVIDIA.

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