Compare/Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning) vs DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B

Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning)vsDeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

NVIDIA

Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning)

Input
$0.37/M
Output
$1.08/M
Speed
390 tok/s
TTFT
0.50s
DeepSeek

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B

Input
$0.7/M
Output
$1.05/M
Speed
45 tok/s
TTFT
0.32s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning)
Faster (tok/s)
Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning)
Lower Latency
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B
Benchmarks (7-5)
Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning)

Pricing Comparison

MetricNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning)DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B
Input ($/M tokens)$0.37$0.7
Output ($/M tokens)$1.08$1.05
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning)$0.48
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B$0.80

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning)
390 tok/s
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B
45 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning)
0.50s
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B
0.32s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
47.716.0
Coding Index
37.611.4
Math Index
53.7
GPQA Diamond
86.7%40.2%
MMLU-Pro
79.5%
LiveCodeBench
26.6%
AIME 2025
53.7%
MATH-500
93.5%
Humanity's Last Exam
26.6%6.1%
SciCode
39.9%31.3%
IFBench
81.4%27.6%
TerminalBench
36.4%1.5%
Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning)7 wins
5 winsDeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning) or DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B?

Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.55/M tokens vs $0.79/M for DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B.

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning) wins 7 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 5 for DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning) generates tokens faster at 390 tok/s vs 45 tok/s. However, DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B has lower time-to-first-token (0.32s vs 0.50s).

When should I use Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning) vs DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B?

Choose based on your priorities: Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning) for lower cost, Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning) for stronger benchmark performance, and Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.