DeepSeek V4 Flash 0420 (Max) vs Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0420 (Max) by DeepSeek or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (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 Flash 0420 (Max)
Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) vs DeepSeek V4 Flash 0420 (Max): 47.1% less intelligence, 727.8% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 83.1% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0420 (Max) | Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 24.2 | 12.8 | −47.1% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 47.1% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $159.30 | $1,318.62 | +727.8% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 8.3× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 99.17s | 16.78s | −83.1% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 83.1% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.11 / $0.23 | $0.30 / $0.90 | |
| Input modalities | Text | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0420 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) scores 41.20 for $158.
- Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
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