AI model comparison

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs DeepSeek V3.2

Pricing, context window, benchmarks, and features compared side by side. Or skip the guesswork and send one prompt to both.

NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is an open multimodal mixture-of-experts model from NVIDIA, with 12B active parameters out of 120B total.

Input / 1M
$0.10
Output / 1M
$0.40
Context
1.05M

DeepSeek-V3.2 is a large language model designed to harmonize high computational efficiency with strong reasoning and agentic tool-use performance.

Input / 1M
$0.28
Output / 1M
$0.42
Context
164K

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At a glance

Quick verdict

How the two models stack up on the things people ask about most.

Lower price

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Nemotron 3.5 Super VL

1.9x cheaper for a typical chat

Higher intelligence score

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Nemotron 3.5 Super VL

26.5 vs 21.5 on Artificial Analysis

Larger context window

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Nemotron 3.5 Super VL

1.05M vs 164K tokens

Newer release

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Nemotron 3.5 Super VL

Released October 15, 2026

Benchmarks

Benchmark scores

Independent scores from Artificial Analysis. Higher is better.

Intelligence index

nvidia logoNemotron 3.5 Super VL26.5
deepseek logoDeepSeek V3.221.5

Coding index

nvidia logoNemotron 3.5 Super VLNot available
deepseek logoDeepSeek V3.244.2

Agentic index

nvidia logoNemotron 3.5 Super VLNot available
deepseek logoDeepSeek V3.2Not available

Pricing

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs DeepSeek V3.2 API pricing

Per-token API rates. Cheaper option highlighted.

Metricnvidia logoNemotron 3.5 Super VLdeepseek logoDeepSeek V3.2
Input tokensPer 1M tokens$0.10$0.28
Output tokensPer 1M tokens$0.40$0.42
Cached input (read)Per 1M tokens$0.08$0.03
Cache writePer 1M tokensNot availableNot available

What it costs in practice

Estimated cost per 1,000 requests at standard rates. Coding and long-document figures also show the cost when the input is already cached.

Chat message

2K in, 500 out

nvidia logoNemotron 3.5 Super VL$0.40
deepseek logoDeepSeek V3.2$0.77

Coding task

30K in, 4K out

nvidia logoNemotron 3.5 Super VL$4.60$4 cached
deepseek logoDeepSeek V3.2$10.08$2.52 cached

Long document summary

150K in, 2K out

nvidia logoNemotron 3.5 Super VL$15.80$12.80 cached
deepseek logoDeepSeek V3.2$42.84$5.04 cached

Specs

Context window and capabilities

How much each model can read, how much it can write, and what it accepts as input.

Metricnvidia logoNemotron 3.5 Super VLdeepseek logoDeepSeek V3.2
Context window1.05M tokens164K tokens
Max output236K tokens66K tokens
Input typesImage, Text, VideoText
Output typesTextText
Reasoning effort levelsNot availableNot available
Default reasoning effortNot availableNot available
Release dateOctober 15, 2026December 1, 2025

Features

Supported features

API features available for each model.

Metricnvidia logoNemotron 3.5 Super VLdeepseek logoDeepSeek V3.2
Tool callingSupportedSupported
Structured outputsSupportedSupported
JSON modeSupportedSupported
ReasoningSupportedSupported
TemperatureSupportedSupported
Stop sequencesSupportedSupported
Deterministic seedSupportedSupported
Verbosity controlNot supportedNot supported

Our take

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is 1.9x cheaper for a typical chat. Nemotron 3.5 Super VL scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (26.5 vs 21.5). Nemotron 3.5 Super VL has the larger context window (1.05M vs 164K tokens). The right pick depends on your workload, so the quickest way to settle it is to send the same prompt to both and compare.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is Nemotron 3.5 Super VL or DeepSeek V3.2 cheaper?

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is cheaper for a typical chat (2K input tokens and 500 output tokens). Nemotron 3.5 Super VL costs $0.10 per 1M input tokens and $0.40 per 1M output tokens, while DeepSeek V3.2 costs $0.28 per 1M input tokens and $0.42 per 1M output tokens.

Which has a bigger context window, Nemotron 3.5 Super VL or DeepSeek V3.2?

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL supports up to 1.05M tokens of context, compared with 164K for DeepSeek V3.2.

Is Nemotron 3.5 Super VL smarter than DeepSeek V3.2?

On the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, Nemotron 3.5 Super VL scores 26.5 and DeepSeek V3.2 scores 21.5, putting Nemotron 3.5 Super VL ahead. Benchmarks don't capture everything, so the best test is running your own prompts through both.

Can I use Nemotron 3.5 Super VL and DeepSeek V3.2 at the same time?

Yes. Shortcut Chat sends one prompt to multiple models at once, so you can see Nemotron 3.5 Super VL and DeepSeek V3.2 answer side by side and keep the better response.

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