DeepSeek-R1 vs NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B
Wins 3 of 6 areas
Coding · Reasoning · Long documents
Wins 1 of 6 areas
Following instructions
DeepSeek-R1 wins more areas, narrowly.NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B is better at following instructions.
Scores updated · 17 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the six areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- CodingWriting and fixing software20DeepSeek-R12 of 3 tests · 1 tie
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking20DeepSeek-R12 of 3 tests · 1 tie
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10DeepSeek-R11 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked01NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B1 of 1 test
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own00Even0 each · 3 ties
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up11Even1 each
Long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where DeepSeek-R1 pulls ahead
- Reasons across sets of long documentsAA-LCR+36points ahead
- Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+22.2points ahead
- Answers hard knowledge questions correctlyAA-Omniscience · Accuracy+20.9points ahead
Where NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B pulls ahead
- Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+19.2points ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+1.7points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 17 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingDeepSeek-R1
- SciCodeDeepSeek-R1 by 22.238.316.1+22.2
- Terminal-Bench 2.1DeepSeek-R1 by 15.419.13.7+15.4
- Terminal-Bench Hardtie6.16.8tie
ReasoningDeepSeek-R1
- GPQA DiamondDeepSeek-R1 by 19.570.851.3+19.5
- Humanity's Last ExamDeepSeek-R1 by 3.68.54.9+3.6
- CritPttie0.60tie
FactsEven
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyDeepSeek-R1 by 20.930.59.6+20.9
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B by 1.79.711.4+1.7
Following instructionsNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B
- IFBenchNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B by 19.23958.2+19.2
Other results4 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- AA-OmniscienceDeepSeek-R1 by 38.3-32.2-70.5+38.3
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B by 16.711.428.1+16.7
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexDeepSeek-R1 by 16.624.68+16.6
- AA IntelligenceDeepSeek-R1 by 6.611.44.8+6.6
Questions people ask
Which is better, DeepSeek-R1 or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B?
DeepSeek-R1 wins three of the six areas where both have results: coding, reasoning and long documents. NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B wins following instructions. They are level on agents and facts.
Which is better for coding?
DeepSeek-R1. It wins 2 of the 3 coding tests both models report; NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B wins none, and 1 is a tie.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 17 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 13 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 4 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.