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DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus leads Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 14.8 to 8.9, and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs 4.6x less per output token ($0.22 vs $1.0142 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 34 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus Replace Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
DeepSeek V3.1 TerminusDeepSeek
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$1.0142
30
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNVIDIA
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$0.22
4
vs boards won of 34 shared

DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: which to pick

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus for work measured by τ²-Bench Telecom or AA Math Index, where it leads.

Model ADeepSeek V3.1 TerminusDeepSeekNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNVIDIANot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
34
DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus only
11
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B only
8
Like-for-like categories
7 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus not benchmarked, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B not benchmarked.
Widest category
General, 18.1 points apart on average over 13 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR): DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus 69.3% against Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 38.0%, 31.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus $1.0142 against Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B $0.22 per million output tokens, 4.6x apart.
Context window
DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus takes 164K tokens, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 262K.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryDeepSeek V3.1 TerminusBarsNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BTies
Coding60
Intelligence10
Agentic work11
Reasoning40
Math12
Knowledge50
General121
All shared boards304
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index60
Coding benchmarks for DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.1 TerminusNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
AA Coding Index43.514.4DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)79.8%74.1%DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
SciCode38.0%30.6%DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)31.8%13.6%DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
ALE-Bench745.2Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus measured
LMArena Text: coding14251378DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
LMArena Text: software and IT14261383DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
Neither model has a result on the other 36 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Intelligence benchmarks for DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.1 TerminusNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
AA Intelligence Index14.88.9DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11
Agentic work benchmarks for DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.1 TerminusNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
AA Agentic Index6.81.0DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
τ²-Bench Telecom37.1%40.9%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Neither model has a result on the other 40 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Reasoning benchmarks for DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.1 TerminusNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)79.2%75.7%DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)16.4%11.4%DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
LMArena Text: hard prompts14261348DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
LMArena Text: expertNot measured1355Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14321376DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
Kagi LLM Benchmark57.4%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus measured
Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index12
Math benchmarks for DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.1 TerminusNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
AA Math Index89.791.0Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)89.7%91.0%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
LMArena Text: math14021371DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
LMArena Text: mathematical workNot measured1375Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Knowledge benchmarks for DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.1 TerminusNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)85.1%79.4%DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
LMArena Text: science14511353DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14681349DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
LMArena Text: legal and government14571341DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
LMArena Text: business and finance14141346DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.1 TerminusNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
Design Arena: websites1187Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus measured
Design Arena: UI components1180Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus measured
Design Arena: game dev1131Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus measured
Design Arena: data viz1168Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus measured
Design Arena: 3D1141Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus measured
Design Arena: all code categories1175Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus measured
Design Arena: SVG1065Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus measured
Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index121
General benchmarks for DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.1 TerminusNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
IFBench57.0%71.1%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)69.3%38.0%DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
DTBench81.3%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus measured
LMCA28.6%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus measured
LMArena Text14191348DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
LMArena Text: instruction following14041303DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
LMArena Text: creative writing14031269DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
LMArena Text: English14291377DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
LMArena Text: non-English14081320DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
LMArena Text: ChineseNot measured1383Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured
LMArena Text: GermanNot measured1348Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured
LMArena Text: JapaneseNot measured1268Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured
LMArena Text: KoreanNot measured1269Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured
LMArena Text: FrenchNot measured1396Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured
LMArena Text: SpanishNot measured1376Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured
LMArena Text: Russian14351304DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
LMArena Text: Polish14271303DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
LMArena Text: multi-turn14111319DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
LMArena Text: longer queries14221300DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
LMArena Text: writing and language14091283DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13911293DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.1 TerminusNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus$0.0008Fits in one request
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B$0.0002Fits in one request

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus$0.018Fits in one request
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B$0.0034Fits in one request

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus$0.071Exceeds the context window
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B$0.013Fits in one request

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
SpecificationDeepSeek V3.1 TerminusNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
MakerDeepSeekNVIDIA
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedSeptember 22, 2025December 14, 2025
Context window164K262K
Input $/Mtok$0.3063$0.055
Output $/Mtok$1.0142$0.22
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it00
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus better than Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus for work measured by τ²-Bench Telecom or AA Math Index, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?

DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus costs $0.3063 per million input tokens and $1.0142 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs $0.055 and $0.22. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

Which has the bigger context window, DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B, with 262K tokens against 164K.

How many benchmarks is the DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B comparison based on?

34 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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