DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (Non-reasoning) vs Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (Non-reasoning) by DeepSeek or Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning) by NVIDIA? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-11-01.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (Non-reasoning)
Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning) vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (Non-reasoning): 36.2% less intelligence, 397.0% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 387.8% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (Non-reasoning) | Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 18.5 | 11.8 | −36.2% Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B… is 36.2% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $310.24 | $1,541.98 | +397.0% Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B… is 5.0× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 3.92s | 19.12s | +387.8% Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B… is 387.8% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.30 / $1.20 | $0.60 / $2.70 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (Non-reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Terra (High) scores 42.30 for $267.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 54.50 for $1124.
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