Nemotron Nano 9B v2 vs Qwen3 VL 4B Instruct
Nemotron Nano 9B v2 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
NVIDIA · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Nemotron Nano 9B v2 outperforms in 2 benchmarks (AIME 2025, IFEval), while Qwen3 VL 4B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks. Nemotron Nano 9B v2 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Based on current benchmark, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.
Choose Nemotron Nano 9B v2
- you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 2 of 2 shared benchmarks
Choose Qwen3 VL 4B Instruct
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2025
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
Nemotron Nano 9B v2 outperforms in 2 benchmarks (AIME 2025, IFEval), while Qwen3 VL 4B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.
Nemotron Nano 9B v2 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Playground indexes and blind preference scores
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Nemotron Nano 9B v2 has 4.9B more parameters than Qwen3 VL 4B Instruct, making it 122.5% larger.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only Qwen3 VL 4B Instruct specifies input context (262,144 tokens). Only Qwen3 VL 4B Instruct specifies output context (262,144 tokens).
Input Capabilities
Supported data types and modalities
Qwen3 VL 4B Instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas Nemotron Nano 9B v2 does not.
Qwen3 VL 4B Instruct can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
Nemotron Nano 9B v2
Qwen3 VL 4B Instruct
License
Usage and distribution terms
Nemotron Nano 9B v2 is licensed under NVIDIA Open Model License Agreement , while Qwen3 VL 4B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
NVIDIA Open Model License Agreement
Open weights
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Nemotron Nano 9B v2 was released on 2025-08-18, while Qwen3 VL 4B Instruct was released on 2025-09-22.
Qwen3 VL 4B Instruct is 1 month newer than Nemotron Nano 9B v2.
Aug 18, 2025
1.0 years ago
Sep 22, 2025
11 months ago
1mo newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Nemotron Nano 9B v2 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-09-01, while Qwen3 VL 4B Instruct's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm Nemotron Nano 9B v2's training data extends to 2024-09-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen3 VL 4B Instruct's cutoff date.
Sep 2024
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Outputs Comparison
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Run your own prompts against Nemotron Nano 9B v2 and Qwen3 VL 4B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Nemotron Nano 9B v2 vs Qwen3 VL 4B Instruct.