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Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017

Nemotron 3.5 Super VLNVIDIA
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017DeepSeek
Our take

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 wins 1 of 1 categories, but Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is 2.2× cheaper for everyday text work. Pick DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 when quality matters most, Nemotron 3.5 Super VL at volume.

Overall27–
Coding2674Best
Writing33–
Support34–
Value31–
Input / 1M$0.15Best$0.30
Output / 1M$0.50Best$1.20
Blended / 1M$0.24Best$0.53
Context window1M1M
Open weightsYesYes
Released15 Oct 202617 Oct 2026

Your monthly bill

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Nemotron 3.5 Super VL$47.50Cheapest
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017$105
List prices, a quarter of the tokens as output. Scores are provisional, from Arena and Epoch AI.