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DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (batch) vs NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free)

Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-11-07.

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (batch) NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free)
Vendordeepseeknvidia
Quality Score100100
Input Price$0.01/MFree
Output Price$0.20/MFree
Context Window1,048,5761,000,000
Max Output943,718131,072
Tool Calling✓✓
Structured Output✓✓
Reasoning Mode✓✓
Vision✓✓
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The verdict

For a sample job of 1 million input tokens and 250,000 output tokens, Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free) costs $0 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (batch) costs $0.061, so Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free) is free for the same work.

Both take in a similar amount of text: 1,048,576 and 1,000,000 tokens, about 1,573 and 1,500 pages.

Only Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free) offers video input.

Across the 1 tasks where they differ, Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free) on 1 (Bulk Data Labeling).

Pick Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free) if you need lower cost or video input.

Costs use current list prices per million tokens; page counts assume about 0.75 words per token and 500 words per page.

Who wins by task?

TaskDeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (batch)NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free)
Bulk Data Labeling 129 130

Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →

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