Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning) vs NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning)

Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning) vs NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

GoogleGemma 4 E4B (Reasoning)On the open-weights frontier
Intelligence
8.90
Total cost
$14.7
NVIDIANVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
5.80
Total cost
-
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricGemma 4 E4B (Reasoning)NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL (Non-reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)8.95.8−34.8% NVIDIA Nemotron Nano … is 34.8% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$14.68Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)57.75s3.54s−93.9% NVIDIA Nemotron Nano … is 93.9% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.02 / $0.10$0.20 / $0.60
Input modalitiesText, Image, Speech, VideoText, Image
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