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DeepSeek R1 0528 vs NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B grades higher overall (72.8 against 70.6). DeepSeek R1 0528 costs 1% less for the same work.

DeepSeek R1 0528

by DeepSeek · #29 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
160K
Input / 1M
$0.50
Output / 1M
$2.15

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B

by NVIDIA · #26 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
256K
Input / 1M
$0.50
Output / 1M
$2.20

Better overall

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B

Grade 70.6 vs 72.8

Cheaper

DeepSeek R1 0528

1% less, $0.91 vs $0.93 blended

Larger context

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B

160K vs 256K tokens

SWE-bench Verified

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B

57.6% vs 70.7%

Head to head

Public benchmarks. Longer is better; each value links to its source.

LMArena TextElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
DeepSeek R1 0528DeepSeek R1 0528: 1,421
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B: 1,426
LMArena CodingElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
DeepSeek R1 0528DeepSeek R1 0528: 1,464
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B: 1,474
Aider Polyglot% of exercises solved · Aider (aider.chat) · Jun 6, 2025
DeepSeek R1 0528DeepSeek R1 0528: 71.4%
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B: —
SWE-bench Verified% of issues resolved · SWE-bench · Jun 4, 2026 · reference
DeepSeek R1 0528DeepSeek R1 0528: 57.6%v
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B: 70.7%v
Terminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks passed · Terminal-Bench · Jun 4, 2026 · reference
DeepSeek R1 0528DeepSeek R1 0528: —
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B: 56.4%v
LiveCodeBenchpass@1, % · LiveCodeBench · May 29, 2025 · reference
DeepSeek R1 0528DeepSeek R1 0528: 73.3%v
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B: —

DeepSeek R1 0528NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55Bv = reported by the model’s maker. — = no public score yet. Arena bars span the range across every model we grade.

What it costs you

Drag to match your monthly usage.

DeepSeek R1 0528$186 /month
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B$188 /month

DeepSeek R1 0528 saves you $2.00 a month at this usage, $24.00 a year.

At a glance

AttributeDeepSeek R1 0528NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B
Made byDeepSeekNVIDIA
AvailabilityComing soonComing soon
Overall gradeExcellent · 70.6Excellent · 72.8
Overall rank#29 of 67#26 of 67
Input price$0.50 per 1M$0.50 per 1M
Output price$2.15 per 1M$2.20 per 1M
Context window163,840 tokens262,144 tokens
Reasoning levelsNoNo
Reads imagesNoNo
Model IDdeepseek-r1-0528nvidia-nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b

Try both with one key

Same endpoint, same key, both hosted in the USA. Change one word to switch models, in Claude Code, Cursor, Cline or your own code.

Get your API key
# Ask either model the same thing
curl https://fullsendai.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FULLSEND_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"model": "deepseek-r1-0528", "messages": [...]}'

# …then swap one word
  -d '{"model": "nvidia-nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b", "messages": [...]}'

Questions

Is DeepSeek R1 0528 or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B better?

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B grades 72.8 against 70.6 for DeepSeek R1 0528, from public benchmarks.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek R1 0528 or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B?

DeepSeek R1 0528: $0.50 in and $2.15 out per million tokens, against $0.50 and $2.20 through FullsendAI.

Which has the larger context window?

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B, with 262,144 tokens.

Can I use both with one API key?

Yes, once they launch: both are coming soon, at the prices shown, and both will use the same FullsendAI key.

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Scores: LMArena (CC BY 4.0), Aider (aider.chat), SWE-bench, Terminal-Bench, LiveCodeBench, and model makers’ published results where marked v. Prices are FullsendAI’s, per million tokens. Data as of Oct 28, 2026.