This study explores the slip boundary layer electrically conducting flow of nanofluid over a stretching cylinder. Flow type in present study is considered to be steady and incompressible flow with mixture of SWCNTs/MWCNTs and human blood. Thermal conductivity of present flow model is measured by merging the consequence of diameter of SWCNTs/MWCNTs nanoparticles and solid–liquid interfacial-layer. Velocity slip, non-linear radiation, and induced magnetic-flux are considered in flow. The mode of heat transmission in flow is presented in appearance of dual heat flux, that is, Cattaneo-Christov heat flux and prescribed heat flux. By executing similarity exploration, we modernize the leading PDEs of the acknowledged flow model into ODEs. The consequential equations are solved numerically by recalling Runge–Kutta–Fehlberg fourth-fifth order scheme through shooting system. Deliberations on consequence of flow features on flow specific are organized accurately via graphs and charts. The professed numerical consequences are novel and distinctive. These consequences can contribute to other scholars on electing the suitable factors to enlarge the heat conduction technique in medical science, society, and the industry.