DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 leads Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 30.4 to 8.9, and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs 12.3x less per output token ($0.22 vs $2.716 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 31 benchmarks have a result for both.
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: which to pick
Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 has a coding score, 38.7 on the Vibe Coding Index; Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B for output tokens 12.3x cheaper ($0.22 vs $2.716 per million).
- Shared results
- 31
- DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 only
- 53
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B only
- 11
- 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.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 leads, 30.4 against 8.9.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 leads, 26.3 against 1.0.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 has a GPQA Diamond result, 89.4%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 has a MMLU Pro result, 87.3%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 has a Design Arena: websites result, 1234.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 takes 1.05M tokens against 262K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 $0.0026, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B $0.0002 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 has the number, $0.57.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 38.7 from 5 benchmarks, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 25.3 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- AA Coding Index: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 59.4 against Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 14.4, 45.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 $2.716 against Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B $0.22 per million output tokens, 12.3x apart.
- Context window
- DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 takes 1.05M 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.
| Category | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 | Bars | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 3 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 3 | 0 | ||
| Math | 2 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 4 | 0 | ||
| General | 17 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 31 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index30
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1447 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| AA Coding Index | 59.4 | 14.4 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 87.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 77.4% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 11.1% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 49.9% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 26.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 50.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | 51.3% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 74.1% | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 30.6% | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 13.6% | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| FrontierCode | 17.6% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| WeirdML | 48.9% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| ALE-Bench | 1006.1 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1470 | 1378 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1469 | 1383 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1441 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1435 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 19 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 30.4 | 8.9 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 149.1 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 26.3 | 1.0 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1000 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 948 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | 1059 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 44.1% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 25.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 23.1% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 51.6% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 40.9% | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $3,285 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 31 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 89.4% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 75.7% | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 11.4% | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 90.9% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Chess puzzles | 19.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 17.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1461 | 1348 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1463 | 1355 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1466 | 1376 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 53.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | Not measured | 91.0 | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 91.0% | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 96.7% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 45.3% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 2.4% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| ProofBench | 16.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1443 | 1371 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1455 | 1375 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 87.3% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 80.3% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 59.4% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 61.4% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 72.1% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 40.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 79.4% | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 47.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1470 | 1353 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1466 | 1349 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1464 | 1341 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1443 | 1346 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1234 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1219 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1228 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1203 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1253 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1240 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1139 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1149 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index170
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | 62.9% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 75.1% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| IFBench | Not measured | 71.1% | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 38.0% | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| DTBench | 90.7% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LMCA | 41.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 40.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| CL-bench Life | 13.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1451 | 1348 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1445 | 1303 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1446 | 1269 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| LMArena Text: English | 1459 | 1377 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1439 | 1320 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1481 | 1383 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| LMArena Text: German | 1458 | 1348 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1446 | 1268 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1409 | 1269 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| LMArena Text: French | 1473 | 1396 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1457 | 1376 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1453 | 1304 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1461 | 1303 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1468 | 1319 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1458 | 1300 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1447 | 1283 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1431 | 1293 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 21 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | 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
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
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.
| Specification | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 | NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | DeepSeek | NVIDIA |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | April 24, 2026 | December 14, 2025 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $1.225 | $0.055 |
| Output $/Mtok | $2.716 | $0.22 |
| Coding index | 38.7 | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 5 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.57 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 better than Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B for coding?
Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 has a coding score, 38.7 on the Vibe Coding Index; Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B for output tokens 12.3x cheaper ($0.22 vs $2.716 per million).
Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 costs $1.225 per million input tokens and $2.716 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs $0.055 and $0.22. Cost per solved task is known for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 only.
Which has the bigger context window, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks is the DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B comparison based on?
31 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423's coding index rests on 5 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.