> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.agno.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Nvidia

> Use NVIDIA models with Agno agents.

NVIDIA's NIM API catalog serves models from NVIDIA and partners like Meta and Mistral, optimized for GPU-accelerated inference.

Explore NVIDIA’s models [here](https://build.nvidia.com/models).

## Authentication

Set your `NVIDIA_API_KEY` environment variable. Get your key [from Nvidia here](https://build.nvidia.com/explore/discover).

<CodeGroup>
  ```bash Mac theme={null}
  export NVIDIA_API_KEY=***
  ```

  ```bash Windows theme={null}
  setx NVIDIA_API_KEY ***
  ```
</CodeGroup>

## Example

Install the `openai` package:

```shell theme={null}
uv pip install -U agno openai
```

Use `Nvidia` with your `Agent`:

<CodeGroup>
  ```python agent.py theme={null}
  from agno.agent import Agent
  from agno.models.nvidia import Nvidia

  agent = Agent(model=Nvidia(), markdown=True)

  # Print the response in the terminal
  agent.print_response("Share a 2 sentence horror story")

  ```
</CodeGroup>

<Note> View more examples [here](/models/providers/gateways/nvidia/usage/basic-stream). </Note>

## Parameters

| Parameter  | Type            | Default                                 | Description                                                   |
| ---------- | --------------- | --------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `id`       | `str`           | `"meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct"`         | The id of the NVIDIA model to use                             |
| `name`     | `str`           | `"Nvidia"`                              | The name of the model                                         |
| `provider` | `str`           | `"Nvidia"`                              | The provider of the model                                     |
| `api_key`  | `Optional[str]` | `None`                                  | The API key for NVIDIA (defaults to NVIDIA\_API\_KEY env var) |
| `base_url` | `str`           | `"https://integrate.api.nvidia.com/v1"` | The base URL for the NVIDIA API                               |

`Nvidia` extends the OpenAI-compatible interface and supports most parameters from the [OpenAI model](/models/providers/native/openai/completion/overview).