DeepSeek-V3 vs NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B
Wins 4 of 6 areas
Coding · Reasoning · Facts · Long documents
Wins 2 of 6 areas
Agents · Following instructions
DeepSeek-V3 is the stronger all-rounder.NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B is better at agents.
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 software30DeepSeek-V33 of 3 tests
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up20DeepSeek-V32 of 2 tests
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking10DeepSeek-V31 of 3 tests · 2 ties
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10DeepSeek-V31 of 1 test
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own01NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B1 of 3 tests · 2 ties
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked01NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B1 of 1 test
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-V3 pulls ahead
- Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+22.9points ahead
- Reasons across sets of long documentsAA-LCR+19points ahead
- Answers hard knowledge questions correctlyAA-Omniscience · Accuracy+15.9points ahead
Where NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B pulls ahead
- Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+17.2points ahead
- Customer-service tasks in a simulated bankτ-Bench V3 · Banking+2.3points 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-V3
- SciCodeDeepSeek-V3 by 22.93916.1+22.9
- Terminal-Bench 2.1DeepSeek-V3 by 13.216.93.7+13.2
- Terminal-Bench HardDeepSeek-V3 by 8.415.26.8+8.4
AgentsNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B
- τ-Bench V3 · BankingNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B by 2.34.77+2.3
- GDPValtie00tie
- Terminal-Bench 4.0tie00tie
ReasoningDeepSeek-V3
- GPQA DiamondDeepSeek-V3 by 14.265.551.3+14.2
- Humanity's Last Examtie4.74.9tie
- CritPttie00tie
FactsDeepSeek-V3
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyDeepSeek-V3 by 15.925.49.6+15.9
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationDeepSeek-V3 by 2.714.111.4+2.7
Following instructionsNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B
- IFBenchNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B by 17.24158.2+17.2
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-V3 by 29.8-40.7-70.5+29.8
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)DeepSeek-V3 by 1947.128.1+19
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexDeepSeek-V3 by 15238+15
- AA IntelligenceDeepSeek-V3 by 4.99.74.8+4.9
Questions people ask
Which is better, DeepSeek-V3 or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B?
DeepSeek-V3 wins four of the six areas where both have results: coding, reasoning, facts and long documents. NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B wins agents and following instructions.
Which is better for coding?
DeepSeek-V3. It wins 3 of the 3 coding tests both models report; NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B wins none.
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.