Nemotron Cascade 2
AffordableRun locallyNVIDIA's open 30B MoE model with strong reasoning and agentic ability. Mixture-of-Experts design with 3B active parameters for efficient reasoning and tool use on a local machine.
Benchmarks
This model hasn't been evaluated by Artificial Analysis yet. Benchmark scores will appear once they're published.
Specifications
Run locally
Run Nemotron Cascade 2 on your own computer with the Private AI Engine for free, with no rate limits and no third-party AI provider involved. idapt installs it and routes chat to your hardware automatically.
ollama pull nemotron-cascade-2:30b
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Mistral Small 4vs Nemotron Cascade 2Frequently Asked Questions about Nemotron Cascade 2▼
Who created Nemotron Cascade 2?
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Nemotron Cascade 2 was created by NVIDIA.
Is Nemotron Cascade 2 a reasoning model?
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Yes, Nemotron Cascade 2 is a reasoning model. It can think step-by-step through complex problems before providing an answer, often yielding better results on difficult tasks like math, coding, and multi-step logic.
Does Nemotron Cascade 2 support image or vision input?
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No, Nemotron Cascade 2 does not currently support image or vision input. It is a text-only model.
Does Nemotron Cascade 2 support audio?
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No, Nemotron Cascade 2 does not support audio input.
What is the context window of Nemotron Cascade 2?
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Nemotron Cascade 2 has a context window of 262K tokens, meaning it can process approximately 196,608 words of context at once.
Is Nemotron Cascade 2 open source?
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Nemotron Cascade 2 is a proprietary model developed by NVIDIA. The model weights and training data are not publicly available.
Where can I use Nemotron Cascade 2?
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You can chat with Nemotron Cascade 2 on idapt.app — no separate API key required. idapt is an AI workspace with 200+ models, agents, computers, and tasks. You can also access Nemotron Cascade 2 through NVIDIA's own API or platform.