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DeepSeek R1vsNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B BF16

DeepSeek R1 leads 2 of 3 shared benchmarks. NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B BF16 has the larger context window (1M tokens).

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Shared benchmarks
2 – 1
DeepSeek R1 leads
Cheaper per token
list price, input + output
Larger context
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B BF16
1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · 100%
DeepSeek · NVIDIA
DeepSeek R1
DeepSeek · released 2025-01-20
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Context
128K
Max out
33K
Input /1M
Output /1M
Cached /1M
Scores
8 · 7 core
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B BF16
NVIDIA · released 2025-12-15
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Context
1M
Max out
Input /1M
Output /1M
Cached /1M
Scores
10 · 9 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkDeepSeek R1NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B BF16ΔEdge
Reported by both · 3
MMLU-Pro84% 78.3% +5.7 ptDeepSeek R1
AIME 202570% matharena89.1% -19.1 ptNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B BF16
LMArena Elo1372.6 1348.4 +24.2DeepSeek R1
Only DeepSeek R1 reports · 4
SWE-bench Verified49.2% not reported
GPQA Diamond71.5% not reported
MMLU90.8% not reported
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)53.3% epochnot reported
Only NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B BF16 reports · 7
Humanity's Last Exam (no tools)not reported10.6%
AIME 2025 (with tools)not reported99.2%
GPQA (no tools)not reported73%
GPQA (with tools)not reported75%
Humanity's Last Exam (with tools)not reported15.5%
LiveCodeBenchnot reported68.3%
SWE-Bench (OpenHands)not reported38.8%
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is DeepSeek R1 minus NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B BF16 in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing

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SpecDeepSeek R1NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B BF16Edge
Context window128K tokens1M tokensNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B BF16
Max output33K tokens
Input price / 1M
Output price / 1M
Cached input / 1M
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
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Released2025-01-202025-12-15
Cited benchmark scores810
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