DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (Non-reasoning) vs Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (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 2026-10-27.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (Non-reasoning)
Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning) vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (Non-reasoning): 7.3% less intelligence, 162.6% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 418.3% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (Non-reasoning) | Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 24.7 | 22.9 | −7.3% Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B… is 7.3% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $227.10 | $596.33 | +162.6% Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B… is 2.6× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 2.95s | 15.29s | +418.3% Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B… is 418.3% 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 (Non-reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (High) scores 50.20 for $521.
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