Nemotron Nano 9B v2 vs Phi 4 Mini

    Comparison

    As of August 25, 2026, Nemotron Nano 9B v2 is 100% cheaper per million tokens than Phi 4 Mini. Nemotron Nano 9B v2 is $0.00 / $0.00 per million input/output tokens versus Phi 4 Mini at $0.08 / $0.35. Source: https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models

    Source: OpenRouter pricing (https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models)

    Better value

    Nemotron Nano 9B v2

    NVIDIA

    $0.00blended / 1M

    Input

    $0.00

    Output

    $0.00

    128K ctx|Open Source
    100%
    cheaper

    Phi 4 Mini

    Microsoft

    $0.43blended / 1M

    Input

    $0.08

    Output

    $0.35

    131.1K ctx|Open Source
    Save $0.43 per million tokens by choosing Nemotron Nano 9B v2 over Phi 4 Mini.

    Nemotron Nano 9B v2 vs Phi 4 Mini comparison

    Token pricing, specs, and benchmarks side by side

    Shared benchmarks

    Each bar is share of the current leader on that eval. Click a row to open the board.

    Nemotron Nano 9B v2Phi 4 Mini

    Score vs price

    GPQA. Left is cheaper. Up is a higher score. The line is the best score you can buy at each price.

    Best score at each priceNemotron Nano 9B v2Phi 4 Mini
    Metric
    Nemotron Nano 9B v2
    Phi 4 Mini
    Provider
    Provider
    NVIDIA
    Microsoft
    License
    Open Source
    Open Source
    Release Date
    2025-08-18
    2025-02-01
    Pricing (per 1M tokens)
    Input Price-100%
    $0.00
    $0.08
    Output Price-100%
    $0.00
    $0.35
    Blended (1M + 1M)
    $0.00
    $0.43
    Model Details
    Context Window
    128K
    131.1K
    Max Output Tokens
    N/A
    N/A
    Knowledge Cutoff
    2024-09-01
    2024-06-01
    Throughput
    N/A
    N/A
    Benchmarks
    64%
    25.2%
    90.3%
    72.1%
    97.8%
    67.3%
    69.1%
    64%
    83.7%
    32.8%
    81.2%
    88.6%
    63.9%
    52.8%
    79.2%
    77.6%
    72.5%
    66.4%
    Benchmark Wins
    Nemotron Nano 9B v2 1|0 Phi 4 Mini

    Verdict

    Nemotron Nano 9B v2 vs Phi 4 Mini: the bottom line

    Nemotron Nano 9B v2 offers both lower pricing and stronger benchmark performance across the board, making it the clear value leader in this comparison.

    Nemotron Nano 9B v2 vs Phi 4 Mini FAQ

    Which is cheaper, Nemotron Nano 9B v2 or Phi 4 Mini?

    As of August 25, 2026, Nemotron Nano 9B v2 is 100% cheaper on blended LLM API pricing. Nemotron Nano 9B v2 costs $0.00 per million input tokens and $0.00 per million output tokens ($0.00 blended 1M-in + 1M-out). Phi 4 Mini costs $0.08 / $0.35 per million tokens ($0.43 blended). Sources: https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models and https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models. The cheapest LLM for your app still depends on how many output tokens you generate.

    How much does Nemotron Nano 9B v2 vs Phi 4 Mini cost per million tokens?

    Nemotron Nano 9B v2 OpenRouter API pricing is $0.00 input and $0.00 output per million tokens via OpenRouter. Phi 4 Mini OpenRouter API pricing is $0.08 input and $0.35 output per million tokens via OpenRouter. Use those four numbers, not ChatGPT Plus or Claude Pro subscription prices, when you are comparing APIs.

    Which is better for coding, Nemotron Nano 9B v2 or Phi 4 Mini?

    Nemotron Nano 9B v2 has a published LiveCodeBench score of 71.1%. Phi 4 Mini does not have that eval on this page yet.

    What is the context window for Nemotron Nano 9B v2 vs Phi 4 Mini?

    Nemotron Nano 9B v2 supports a 128K token context window, while Phi 4 Mini supports 131K tokens. Phi 4 Mini offers a larger context window. Filling a larger window bills more input tokens, so the cheaper-per-million model can still cost more on long documents.

    Which model performs better on benchmarks, Nemotron Nano 9B v2 or Phi 4 Mini?

    Nemotron Nano 9B v2 leads on 1 of 1 shared benchmarks versus Phi 4 Mini's 0 wins. Check the comparison table for GPQA Diamond, SWE-bench, MMLU, HLE, and the other evals we track. Token price and benchmark score together are the usual LLM comparison, not either number alone.

    Is Nemotron Nano 9B v2 or Phi 4 Mini better for production use?

    Both Nemotron Nano 9B v2 and Phi 4 Mini are production API models. For cost-sensitive production traffic, Nemotron Nano 9B v2 has better economics on the blended 1M-in + 1M-out scale. For maximum capability, weight the benchmark table for your domain. Many production stacks route cheap models for drafts and a frontier model for the hard turn, which is usually cheaper than sending everything to the expensive API.

    Can I switch between Nemotron Nano 9B v2 and Phi 4 Mini in my app?

    Yes. Call Nemotron Nano 9B v2 through OpenRouter and Phi 4 Mini through OpenRouter with separate API keys, or through a gateway that already wraps both. Keep prompts in tokens, not characters, when you estimate the invoice. AnotherWrapper templates can swap providers without rewriting auth and billing.

    How accurate is this Nemotron Nano 9B v2 vs Phi 4 Mini pricing data?

    List rates are the latest published OpenRouter API pricing and OpenRouter API pricing, quoted per million tokens. Official rate sheets: https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models and https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models. Prompt caching, batch APIs, and committed-use discounts can change the invoice. Benchmark scores are from official publications and independent evals, updated as new numbers land.

    What is the output token limit for Nemotron Nano 9B v2 and Phi 4 Mini?

    Nemotron Nano 9B v2 supports up to an unspecified number of output tokens per request, while Phi 4 Mini supports up to an unspecified number of output tokens. Output tokens are usually the expensive half of API pricing, so a higher max output cap is a capability, not a discount.

    Which model has better throughput, Nemotron Nano 9B v2 or Phi 4 Mini?

    Neither Nemotron Nano 9B v2 nor Phi 4 Mini has published throughput data on this page yet. Throughput (tokens per second) and time-to-first-token are why two models with the same per-million-token price can still feel different in chat and agents.

    How do I switch the models in this Nemotron Nano 9B v2 vs Phi 4 Mini comparison?

    Use the model pickers at the top of this LLM comparison. Search any model in the index and the URL updates. Open Nemotron Nano 9B v2 or Phi 4 Mini from the sidebar for the single-model API pricing page, or go back to the LLM pricing table to sort by cheapest blended cost.

    Nemotron Nano 9B v2 vs Phi 4 Mini pricing

    This comparison covers API pricing, context window, throughput, and benchmark scores. Nemotron Nano 9B v2 costs $0.00/M input and $0.00/M output via OpenRouter. Phi 4 Mini costs $0.08/M input and $0.35/M output via OpenRouter.

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