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Best NVIDIA Vision Models

Match · Updated July 2026

Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free) is the best vision-capable NVIDIA model, pairing 14.9 intelligence with image and document understanding. Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety (free) (—) and Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL (free) (—) round out the top three.

14.9Intelligence
FreeInput /M
256KContext

Multimodal large language models that accept image input, ranked by intelligence. The best vision language models (VLMs) for understanding images, documents and charts.

  1. 1nvidia logo
    nemotron-3-nano-omni-30b-a3b-reasoning:free
    ReasoningToolsVision+114.9 intel · Free/M · 256K ctx
    14.9
    Intelligence
  2. 2nvidia logo
    nemotron-3.5-content-safety:free
    ReasoningVisionFree/M · 128K ctx
    Intelligence
  3. 3nvidia logo
    nemotron-nano-12b-v2-vl:free
    ReasoningToolsVisionFree/M · 128K ctx
    Intelligence

Frequently asked

What is the best NVIDIA model for vision?

Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free) is the best vision-capable NVIDIA model, pairing 14.9 intelligence with image and document understanding. Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety (free) (—) and Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL (free) (—) round out the top three.

What's a good alternative to Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free)?

Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety (free) (—) is the closest alternative on this metric, followed by Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL (free) (—). See the full ranking above for the tradeoffs.

How many NVIDIA models are there?

modelgrep tracks 10 NVIDIA models with live benchmarks, speed, latency and per-provider pricing, led on intelligence by Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free). 3 of them qualify for this ranking.

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