# DeepSeek-R1 vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek-R1 and Nemotron 3 Ultra across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-r1-vs-nemotron-3-ultra
- Last updated: October 15, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: DeepSeek-R1 and Nemotron 3 Ultra share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra has the lower published output-token price.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek-R1 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | NVIDIA |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 41.08 | 47.12 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 8 | 24 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.55 / $2.19 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek-R1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 28 (Supported · #95/126)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 56.4% | Coming soon |
| PinchBench | Coming soon | 90.0% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 44.4% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 70.9% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 37.4% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 50.9% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek-R1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 21.9 (Supported · #115/149)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 49.2% | 71.9% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 67.7% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 89.0% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 44.6% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 56.4% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 69.0% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek-R1 public-lane score: 64.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 70.8 (#20/29)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | Coming soon | 3.1% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 61.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek-R1 public-lane score: 41.4 (Supported · #110/182)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 50.3 (Estimated · #78/182)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | 90.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 71.5% | 87% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| MMLU-Pro | 84% | 86.8% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| SimpleQA | 30.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 87.0% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 26.7% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 26.7% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.1% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 85.8% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek-R1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 89.2 (#7/17)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 83% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek-R1 public-lane score: 45.9 (#101/146)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 92.1 (#20/146)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 83.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 81.7% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek-R1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2024 | 79.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | 97.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between DeepSeek-R1 and Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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