Model comparison
DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 40.6 on the Noometry Index. Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs 11× less per token, which makes it the better buy when DeepSeek V4 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
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NVIDIASummary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher in 8 categories and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek V4 Pro leads 56.5 to 27.1.
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.66 / $1.98 for DeepSeek V4 Pro.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
Side by side
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 54.3 | 40.6 |
| Released | 2026-04-24 | 2025-12-15 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1M | 262K |
| Max output | 393K | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.66 | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.98 | $0.20 |
| Results tracked | 48 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding DeepSeek V4 Pro leads
DeepSeek V4 Pro: 52.4 (#34), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 40.5 (#138)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1470 | 1378 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.6% | — |
| FrontierCode | 28.6% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1582 | — |
| SciCode | 51% | — |
| WeirdML | 66.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,403 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
DeepSeek V4 Pro: 32.8 (#58), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 47.3% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 3,285 | — |
Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Pro leads
DeepSeek V4 Pro: 56.5 (#24), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 27.1 (#124)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1461 | 1348 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 61.3% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 53.5% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 91.3% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 90.5% | — |
| CritPt | 18% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 47% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 43% | — |
| DTBench | 93.9% | — |
| LMCA | 45.5% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 40% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 155.31 | — |
| ForecastBench | 56.1 | — |
Math DeepSeek V4 Pro leads
DeepSeek V4 Pro: 64.8 (#30), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 37.8 (#147)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1455 | 1371 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 64.6% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 26.8% | — |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 76.6% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 98.6% | — |
| ProofBench | 50% | — |
Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Pro leads
DeepSeek V4 Pro: 59.5 (#31), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 38.2 (#148)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 8.6% | 9.6% |
| LMArena Expert | 1464 | 1355 |
| GPQA Diamond | 91.7% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 52.9% | — |
Multilingual DeepSeek V4 Pro leads
DeepSeek V4 Pro: 54.4 (#45), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 45.8 (#162)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1439 | 1320 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1486 | 1382 |
| LMArena French | 1472 | 1396 |
| LMArena German | 1458 | 1348 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1445 | 1268 |
| LMArena Korean | 1447 | 1269 |
| LMArena Russian | 1453 | 1303 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1458 | 1376 |
Instruction Following DeepSeek V4 Pro leads
DeepSeek V4 Pro: 76.1 (#47), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 68.8 (#180)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1448 | 1304 |
Long Context DeepSeek V4 Pro leads
DeepSeek V4 Pro: 45.0 (#51), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 39.5 (#175)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1458 | 1300 |
| CL-bench Life | 13.5% | — |
Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4 Pro leads
DeepSeek V4 Pro: 65.5 (#46), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 52.3 (#174)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1451 | 1348 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1446 | 1269 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1467 | 1319 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1553 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1166 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek V4 Pro better than Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 40.6 on the Noometry Index. Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs 11× less per token, which makes it the better buy when DeepSeek V4 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Pro or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; DeepSeek V4 Pro lists at $0.66 and $1.98.
Is DeepSeek V4 Pro or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B better for coding?
DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.4 versus 40.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
DeepSeek V4 Pro does, with 1M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Pro and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Pro has 48 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has 18.