DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 vs Nemotron 3 Ultra
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 leads Nemotron 3 Ultra on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 24.4 to 22.9, and DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 costs 8.6x less per output token ($0.28 vs $2.40 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 42 benchmarks have a result for both.
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 or Nemotron 3 Ultra: which to pick
Only Nemotron 3 Ultra has a coding score, 30.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 for output tokens 8.6x cheaper ($0.28 vs $2.40 per million) and a larger context window (1.05M against 262K tokens).
- Shared results
- 42
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 only
- 8
- Nemotron 3 Ultra only
- 29
- Like-for-like categories
- 8 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.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only Nemotron 3 Ultra has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 leads, 24.4 against 22.9.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 leads, 26.3 against 20.1.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Nemotron 3 Ultra has a GPQA Diamond result, 86.1%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Nemotron 3 Ultra has a MMLU Pro result, 85.8%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 leads, 1207 against 1145.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 takes 1.05M tokens against 262K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 $0.0003, Nemotron 3 Ultra $0.0018 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 not benchmarked, Nemotron 3 Ultra 30.0 from 3 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 6.2 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- Design Arena: SVG: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 1154 against Nemotron 3 Ultra 1069, 10.6 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 $0.28 against Nemotron 3 Ultra $2.40 per million output tokens, 8.6x apart.
- Context window
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 takes 1.05M tokens, Nemotron 3 Ultra 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.
| Category | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Bars | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 2 | 2 | ||
| Intelligence | 2 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 3 | ||
| Math | 0 | 2 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 4 | ||
| Web design | 7 | 1 | ||
| General | 7 | 11 | ||
| All shared boards | 19 | 23 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index22
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1582 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| AA Coding Index | 52.0 | 49.3 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 86.0% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 69.0% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 7.6% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 4.9% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.0% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 50.9% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 40.3% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 36.4% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| FrontierCode | Not measured | 13.6% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| WeirdML | 45.6% | 43.5% | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| ALE-Bench | 678.2 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1457 | 1468 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1453 | 1468 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1585 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1558 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 26 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 24.4 | 22.9 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 146.1 | 146.0 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 26.3 | 20.1 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 37.7% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 15.4% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 31.7% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 83.3% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| APEX-Agents | Not measured | 22.7% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| MCP Atlas | Not measured | 63.1% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 35 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 86.1% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 86.7% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 28.4% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 85.4% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| SimpleBench | 46.3% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 20.0% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1444 | 1452 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1441 | 1472 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1449 | 1453 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 52.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 86.7% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 2.0% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1426 | 1457 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1432 | 1461 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| MathArena | 24.8% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 85.8% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 82.1% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | Not measured | 65.5% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 73.1% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 38.6% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1446 | 1465 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1448 | 1456 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1439 | 1452 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1425 | 1434 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index71
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1207 | 1145 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1162 | 1135 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1196 | 1138 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1127 | 1141 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1188 | 1131 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1205 | 1146 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1154 | 1069 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1109 | 1100 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index711
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | Not measured | 81.4% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 79.3% | Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured |
| DTBench | 86.4% | 90.1% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMCA | 35.9% | 36.9% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text | 1432 | 1445 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1421 | 1418 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1403 | 1399 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| LMArena Text: English | 1441 | 1455 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1419 | 1427 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1463 | 1497 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: German | 1419 | 1472 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1389 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1383 | 1384 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: French | 1439 | 1472 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1436 | 1455 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1427 | 1417 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1436 | 1385 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1449 | 1411 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1434 | 1437 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1410 | 1406 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1400 | 1397 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| 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
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 V4 Flash 0423 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 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.
| Specification | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | DeepSeek | NVIDIA |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | April 24, 2026 | June 4, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.13 | $0.60 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.28 | $2.40 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 30.0 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 3 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 better than Nemotron 3 Ultra for coding?
Only Nemotron 3 Ultra has a coding score, 30.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 for output tokens 8.6x cheaper ($0.28 vs $2.40 per million) and a larger context window (1.05M against 262K tokens).
Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 or Nemotron 3 Ultra?
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 costs $0.13 per million input tokens and $0.28 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Ultra costs $0.60 and $2.40. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 or Nemotron 3 Ultra?
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks is the DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 vs Nemotron 3 Ultra comparison based on?
42 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Nemotron 3 Ultra's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.