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DeepSeek V3.2 vs Nemotron 3 Super

Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 22 results on 3 sources that measured both models.

DeepSeek V3.2
DeepSeek · profile
Nemotron 3 Super
NVIDIA · profile
Results compared
22
Shared sources
3

DeepSeek V3.2 or Nemotron 3 Super? The short answer

  • Nemotron 3 Super is cheaper: $0.16 against $0.46 per million tokens, 2.8 times less.
  • DeepSeek V3.2 scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 21.5 against 12.8.
  • On our business benchmarks, DeepSeek V3.2 ranks higher for agents and tool use, reasoning and knowledge, writing and sticking to the facts.

At a glance

DeepSeek V3.2Nemotron 3 Super
Price per million tokens$0.30 in · $0.96 out$0.085 in · $0.40 out
Blended (3 in : 1 out)$0.46$0.16
Cheapest host, blended$0.23 (GMICloud, FP8)$0.16 (DeepInfra, BF16)
Intelligence Index21.512.8
Spring Prompt overall––
Output speed, tokens a second–150
Context window163,840 tokens262,144 tokens
WeightsOpenOpen
Developer based inChinathe US

Prices are the developer's list price where we have read it, otherwise the typical host on OpenRouter; see every model's price. Intelligence and speed from Artificial Analysis.

Which is better for what

Each model's rank among models available today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. The better rank is in green.

Use caseDeepSeek V3.2Nemotron 3 Super
Agents and tool useMulti-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls 83 of 161 110 of 161
Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge 81 of 195 103 of 195
WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality 64 of 187 135 of 187
Sticking to the factsSummarising without inventing things, and factual answers 56 of 153 137 of 153

Every shared result

BenchmarkMetricDeepSeek V3.2Nemotron 3 Super
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedOverallArena rating 1,4371,390
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedBusiness, management and financeArena rating 1,4231,350
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedCreative writingArena rating 1,4001,303
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedExpert promptsArena rating 1,4531,393
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedInstruction followingArena rating 1,4201,343
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedOverallArena rating 1,4251,360
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedWriting, literature and languageArena rating 1,4101,325
Artificial AnalysisreportedArtificial Analysis Coding Indexindex score 44.237.7
Artificial AnalysisreportedArtificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score 21.512.8
Artificial AnalysisreportedGPQA Diamond% of questions 84.0%80.0%
Artificial AnalysisreportedHumanity's Last Exam% of questions 24.6%20.8%
Artificial AnalysisreportedIFBench% of instructions 60.7%71.5%
Artificial AnalysisreportedLong-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions 73.3%65.7%
Artificial AnalysisreportedTerminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks 46.8%38.6%
Artificial AnalysisreportedTerminal-Bench Hard% of tasks 35.6%28.8%
Artificial AnalysisreportedΤ²-bench telecom% of tasks 90.6%67.8%
OpenHands IndexreportedAverage% resolved 45.7%36.2%
OpenHands IndexreportedFront end (SWE-Bench Multimodal)% resolved 27.9%20.6%
OpenHands IndexreportedGreenfield (Commit0)% resolved 25.0%12.5%
OpenHands IndexreportedInformation gathering (GAIA)% resolved 50.3%40.0%
OpenHands IndexreportedIssue resolution (SWE-Bench)% resolved 71.6%62.0%
OpenHands IndexreportedTesting (SWT-Bench)% resolved 53.6%45.7%

Bold green marks the better value on that metric. Where a source reports ranges that overlap, the difference may not be meaningful; see the benchmark page for ranges.

Quick answers

Is DeepSeek V3.2 better than Nemotron 3 Super?

It depends on the task. Among models available today, on our benchmarks and licensed sources, DeepSeek V3.2 ranks higher for agents and tool use, reasoning and knowledge, writing and sticking to the facts.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V3.2 or Nemotron 3 Super?

Nemotron 3 Super costs $0.16 per million tokens (three input to one output), against $0.46 for DeepSeek V3.2.

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