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DeepSeek V4 Flash vs NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B

Close to a tie overall. DeepSeek V4 Flash costs 88% less for the same work.

DeepSeek V4 Flash

by DeepSeek · #27 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
1M
Input / 1M
$0.090
Output / 1M
$0.18

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

About even

Grade 72.1 vs 72.8

Cheaper

DeepSeek V4 Flash

88% less, $0.11 vs $0.93 blended

Larger context

DeepSeek V4 Flash

1M vs 256K tokens

SWE-bench Verified

DeepSeek V4 Flash

79% 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 V4 FlashDeepSeek V4 Flash: 1,436
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B: 1,426
LMArena WebDevElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 13, 2026
DeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek V4 Flash: 1,582
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B: —
LMArena CodingElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
DeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek V4 Flash: 1,484
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B: 1,474
SWE-bench Verified% of issues resolved · SWE-bench · Jun 4, 2026 · reference
DeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek V4 Flash: 79%v
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B: 70.7%v
SWE-Bench Pro% of tasks resolved · Scale AI SWE-Bench Pro · Apr 22, 2026 · reference
DeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek V4 Flash: 52.6%v
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B: —
Terminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks passed · Terminal-Bench · Jun 4, 2026 · reference
DeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek V4 Flash: —
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B: 56.4%v
Terminal-Bench 2.0% of tasks passed · Terminal-Bench · Apr 22, 2026 · reference
DeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek V4 Flash: 56.9%v
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B: —
LiveCodeBenchpass@1, % · LiveCodeBench · Apr 22, 2026 · reference
DeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek V4 Flash: 91.6%v
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B: —

DeepSeek V4 FlashNVIDIA 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 V4 Flash$25.20 /month
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B$188 /month

DeepSeek V4 Flash saves you $163 a month at this usage, $1,954 a year.

At a glance

AttributeDeepSeek V4 FlashNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B
Made byDeepSeekNVIDIA
AvailabilityComing soonComing soon
Overall gradeExcellent · 72.1Excellent · 72.8
Overall rank#27 of 67#26 of 67
Input price$0.090 per 1M$0.50 per 1M
Output price$0.18 per 1M$2.20 per 1M
Context window1,048,576 tokens262,144 tokens
Reasoning levelsNoNo
Reads imagesNoNo
Model IDdeepseek-v4-flashnvidia-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-v4-flash", "messages": [...]}'

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

Questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B better?

They grade within two points of each other (72.1 and 72.8), so pick on price and the benchmarks that match your work.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Flash or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B?

DeepSeek V4 Flash: $0.090 in and $0.18 out per million tokens, against $0.50 and $2.20 through FullsendAI.

Which has the larger context window?

DeepSeek V4 Flash, with 1,048,576 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), SWE-bench, Scale AI SWE-Bench Pro, Terminal-Bench, LiveCodeBench, and model makers’ published results where marked v. Prices are FullsendAI’s, per million tokens. Data as of Oct 28, 2026.