DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B): Specs & Benchmark Comparison
DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 is developed by DeepSeek, while Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B) comes from NVIDIA. Both were released in August 2026. DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 is the larger model at roughly 1.6 trillion parameters, against 30 billion for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B).
We have 4 benchmark results for DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 and 4 benchmark results for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B), but they were measured on different benchmarks, so there is no like-for-like scoreboard.
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B) is the cheaper API at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens, roughly 26 times cheaper than DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 at $1.32 and $3.96. DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 takes the larger context window at 1M tokens, compared with 262K for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B).
| Characteristic | DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B) |
|---|---|---|
| Company | DeepSeek | NVIDIA |
| Release Date | August 13, 2026 | August 11, 2026 |
| Parameters | 1.6T | 30B |
| Multimodal | No | No |
| Context (input) | 1.0M | 262K |
| Context (output) | 393K | 262K |
| Input Price / 1M | $1.32 | $0.05 |
| Output Price / 1M | $3.96 | $0.20 |
| Average Score | 79.0% | 78.5% |
Verdict
Both models show equal results — the choice depends on your specific use case.
Both models show comparable average scores: DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 — 0.8, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B) — 0.8.
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B) is 21.1x cheaper: input $0.05/1M vs $1.32/1M tokens.
DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 supports a larger context: 1M vs 262K tokens.
Both models were released around the same time: 8/13/2026 and 8/11/2026.
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