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DeepSeek-V3 vs Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

DeepSeek · released

Wins 1 of 6 areas

Facts

NVIDIA · released

Wins 5 of 6 areas

Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Long documents · Following instructions

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B is the stronger all-rounder.DeepSeek-V3 is cheaper and better at facts.

Scores updated · 34 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.

Long documents rests on a single test.

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.

DeepSeek-V3$0.24 to read · $0.90 to write$1.14Price from Artificial Analysis
Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B$0.30 to read · $0.90 to write$1.20Price from Artificial Analysis

DeepSeek-V3 costs 5% less for the same work.

The biggest differences

The three tests each model wins by the widest margin. Scores are out of 100.

Where Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B pulls ahead

  • Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+30.5points aheadNemotron 3 Super 120B A12B71.5DeepSeek-V341
  • Reasons across sets of long documentsAA-LCR+25points aheadNemotron 3 Super 120B A12B65.7DeepSeek-V340.7
  • Keeps track of context across a multi-turn chatMulti-Challenge+23.8points aheadNemotron 3 Super 120B A12B55.2DeepSeek-V331.4

Where DeepSeek-V3 pulls ahead

  • Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+2.8points aheadDeepSeek-V339Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B36.2
  • Answers hard knowledge questions correctlyAA-Omniscience · Accuracy+1.2points aheadDeepSeek-V325.4Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B24.3
  • Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+1.1points aheadDeepSeek-V314.1Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B13

Every test, side by side

All 34 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.

CodingNemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Full coding ranking

AgentsNemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Full agents ranking

ReasoningNemotron 3 Super 120B A12B

Full reasoning ranking

FactsDeepSeek-V3

Full facts ranking

Long documentsNemotron 3 Super 120B A12B
  • AA-LCRNemotron 3 Super 120B A12B by 2540.765.7+25

Full long documents ranking

Following instructionsNemotron 3 Super 120B A12B
  • IFBenchNemotron 3 Super 120B A12B by 30.54171.5+30.5
  • Multi-ChallengeNemotron 3 Super 120B A12B by 23.831.455.2+23.8

Full following instructions ranking

Other results19 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.

Questions people ask

Which is better, DeepSeek-V3 or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B wins five of the six areas where both have results: coding, agents, reasoning, long documents and following instructions. DeepSeek-V3 wins facts, and costs 5% less.

Which is better for coding?

Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B. It wins 3 of the 4 coding tests both models report; DeepSeek-V3 wins 1.

Which is cheaper?

DeepSeek-V3 costs $0.24 per million input tokens and $0.90 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B costs $0.30 and $0.90. That makes DeepSeek-V3 about 5% cheaper for the same work.

How do you compare the two?

We use the 34 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 15 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 19 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.

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