DeepSeek-V4-Flash vs Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B
Wins 4 of 7 areas
Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Facts
Wins 1 of 7 areas
Following instructions
DeepSeek-V4-Flash wins more areas, narrowly.Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B is better at following instructions.
Scores updated · 68 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the seven 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 software80DeepSeek-V4-Flash8 of 9 tests · 1 tie
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own50DeepSeek-V4-Flash5 of 5 tests
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking50DeepSeek-V4-Flash5 of 5 tests
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up21DeepSeek-V4-Flash2 of 3 tests
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked02Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B2 of 2 tests
- MathCompetition and research-level math22Even2 each
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts00Even0 each · 1 tie
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-V4-Flash costs 47% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The three tests each model wins by the widest margin. Scores are out of 100.
Where DeepSeek-V4-Flash pulls ahead
- Finds hard-to-locate facts by browsing the webBrowseComp+28.8points ahead
- Customer-service tasks in a simulated bankτ-Bench V3 · Banking+25.2points ahead
- Command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench 2.1+24.8points ahead
Where Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+62points ahead
- Follows detailed instructions exactlyLiveBench · Instruction Following+8points ahead
- Olympiad math problems with short answersIMOAnswerBench+3.9points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 68 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingDeepSeek-V4-Flash
- Terminal-Bench 2.1DeepSeek-V4-Flash by 24.878.753.9+24.8
- SciCodeDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 1050.340.3+10
- SWE-bench VerifiedDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 8.37970.7+8.3
- LiveBench · Agentic CodingDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 8.146.838.7+8.1
- SWE-bench MultilingualDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 5.673.367.7+5.6
- LiveBench · CodingDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 4.37570.7+4.3
- SWE-bench ProDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 2.952.649.7+2.9
- LiveCodeBench v6DeepSeek-V4-Flash by 1.690.689+1.6
- Terminal-Bench Hardtie35.636.4tie
AgentsDeepSeek-V4-Flash
- BrowseCompDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 28.873.244.4+28.8
- τ-Bench V3 · BankingDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 25.239.414.2+25.2
- MCP AtlasDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 24.36944.7+24.3
- GDPValDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 2146.725.7+21
- Terminal-Bench 4.0DeepSeek-V4-Flash by 11.612.10.5+11.6
ReasoningDeepSeek-V4-Flash
- CritPtDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 13.516.63.1+13.5
- LiveBench · ReasoningDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 11.986.674.7+11.9
- Humanity's Last ExamDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 10.238.628.4+10.2
- SimpleBenchDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 4.646.341.7+4.6
- GPQA DiamondDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 4.190.886.7+4.1
FactsDeepSeek-V4-Flash
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B by 628.370.3+62
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 17.840.422.6+17.8
- SimpleQA VerifiedDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 1.734.132.4+1.7
MathEven
- HMMT Feb. 2026DeepSeek-V4-Flash by 1694.878.8+16
- IMOAnswerBenchNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B by 3.988.492.3+3.9
- LiveBench · MathematicsNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B by 1.986.888.7+1.9
- AIME 2026DeepSeek-V4-Flash by 1.695.894.2+1.6
Following instructionsNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B
- LiveBench · Instruction FollowingNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B by 865.573.5+8
- IFBenchNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B by 2.279.281.4+2.2
Other results39 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.
- Apex (Pass@1)Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B by 51.83384.8+51.8
- DeepSWE [offline]DeepSeek-V4-Flash by 39.342.33+39.3
- BrowseComp [offline]DeepSeek-V4-Flash by 398344+39
- Toolathlon VerifiedDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 3670.334.3+36
- livebench_data_analysisDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 24.879.354.5+24.8
- AA Agentic IndexDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 2041.721.7+20
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 19.869.149.3+19.8
- LMArena v3 proxyDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 15.549.834.3+15.5
- tau2-bench telecomDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 15.298.283+15.2
- AA-OmniscienceNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B by 13.9-14.3-0.4+13.9
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)DeepSeek-V4-Flash by 11.79583.3+11.7
- AA IntelligenceDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 11.434.322.9+11.4
- BrowseComp (context management)DeepSeek-V4-Flash by 10.273.263+10.2
- livebench_languageDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 8.479.270.8+8.4
- HLE (with tools)DeepSeek-V4-Flash by 7.745.137.4+7.7
- Apex-Shortlist (no tools)DeepSeek-V4-Flash by 7.582.474.9+7.5
- SciCode, subtaskDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 7.349.342+7.3
- CritPt (no tools)DeepSeek-V4-Flash by 7.210.63.4+7.2
- HLE, text-onlyDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 6.635.829.2+6.6
- Vals.ai Financial Agent 1.1 - with web searchDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 6.460.153.7+6.4
- SWEBench Pro PublicDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 6.252.646.4+6.2
- SciCode (subtask)DeepSeek-V4-Flash by 4.748.243.5+4.7
- τ³-Bench BankingDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 4.522.918.4+4.5
- GDPval-AA v2DeepSeek-V4-Flash by 41 rating points11891148+41 rating
- tau2-bench airlineDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 3.783.579.8+3.7
- Terminal Bench 4 [offline]DeepSeek-V4-Flash by 3.53.50+3.5
- TauBench V3 - AverageDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 3.473.770.3+3.4
- Apex-Shortlist (with tools)Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B by 2.88284.8+2.8
- IMOAnswerBench (with tools)Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B by 2.789.692.3+2.7
- MMLU-ProXDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 2.585.583+2.5
- WMT24++DeepSeek-V4-Flash by 1.885.583.7+1.8
- Vals.ai Financial Agent 1.1 - without web searchNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B by 1.758.460.1+1.7
- PinchBenchDeepSeek-V4-Flash by 1.391.390+1.3
- StrongREJECTNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B by 1.397.498.7+1.3
- TauBench V3 - Airlinetie80.880tie
- TauBench V3 - Retailtie89.188.4tie
- MMLU-Protie86.286.8tie
- ProfBench (Search)tie5756.4tie
- tau2-bench retailtie73.873.7tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, DeepSeek-V4-Flash or Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B?
DeepSeek-V4-Flash wins four of the seven areas where both have results: coding, agents, reasoning and facts. Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B wins following instructions. They are level on math and long documents.
Which is better for coding?
DeepSeek-V4-Flash. It wins 8 of the 9 coding tests both models report; Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B wins none, and 1 is a tie.
Which is cheaper?
DeepSeek-V4-Flash costs $0.44 per million input tokens and $1.32 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B costs $0.60 and $2.70. That makes DeepSeek-V4-Flash about 47% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 68 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 29 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 39 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.