DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Non-reasoning) vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

Which is better for the money: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Non-reasoning) by DeepSeek or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning by NVIDIA? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.

Trade-off

DeepSeekDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Non-reasoning)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 20.40
Total cost: $451

NVIDIANemotron 3.5 LightningOff the frontier

Intelligence: 12.90
Total cost: $92.8

Verdict

Depends on your budget

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Non-reasoning) scores 7.5 points higher (20.4 vs 12.9) but costs 4.9× as much to run the benchmark ($451 vs $92.8; both mid-range class). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Non-reasoning) when you need intelligence above 12.9, and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning when 12.9 is enough.

Metric	DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Non-reasoning)	Nemotron 3.5 Lightning	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	20.4	12.9	−36.8% Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is 36.8% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$450.76	$92.76	−79.4% Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is 79.4% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	6.74s	8.98s	+33.2% Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is 33.2% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$1.32 / $3.96	$0.06 / $0.20
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Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Non-reasoning): 36.8% less intelligence, 79.4% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 33.2% slower end-to-end.

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Non-reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) scores 47.80 for $361.
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Xhigh) scores 34.60 for $66.8.

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