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DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 are closely matched at 14.8 and 19.5 on the LLM Stats Score.

DeepSeek · NVIDIA · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 14.8 and 19.5.

In the 3 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 wins 3; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B

  • you want predictable pricing at $0.10/M input and $0.40/M output

Choose Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 3 of 3 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Apr 2025

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B
DeepSeek
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1
NVIDIA
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
14.8
#214
19.5
#188
Reasoning
15.0
#208
19.1
#186
Coding
8.6
#164
12.4
#131
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
0 of 3
3 of 3
Input price
$0.10 / M
— / M
Output price
$0.40 / M
— / M
Context window
128,000
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1
Math
16.7#191
15.9#200
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

4 reported for DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B · 6 for Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

3 shared

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 is better at 3 benchmarks (GPQA, LiveCodeBench, MATH-500).

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Sat Aug 29 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

182.4B diff

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 has 182.4B more parameters than DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B, making it 258.4% larger.

DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B
70.6Bparameters
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1
253.0Bparameters
70.6B
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B
253.0B
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Sat Aug 29 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B is licensed under MIT, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 uses Llama 3.1 Community License.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B

MIT

Open weights

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

Llama 3.1 Community License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B was released on 2025-01-20, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 was released on 2025-04-07.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 is 3 months newer than DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B

Jan 20, 2025

1.6 years ago

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

Apr 7, 2025

1.4 years ago

2mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-01, while DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1's training data extends to 2023-12-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B's cutoff date.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B

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Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

Dec 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

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FAQ

Common questions about DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1.

Which is better, DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B or Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at 14.8 and 19.5. DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B is made by DeepSeek and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 is made by NVIDIA. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B compare to Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 in benchmarks?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B scores MATH-500: 94.5%, AIME 2024: 86.7%, GPQA: 65.2%, LiveCodeBench: 57.5%. Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 scores MATH-500: 97.0%, IFEval: 89.5%, GPQA: 76.0%, BFCL v2: 74.1%, AIME 2025: 72.5%.

What are the context window sizes for DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B supports 128K tokens and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (14.8 vs 19.5), licensing (MIT vs Llama 3.1 Community License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B is developed by DeepSeek and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 is developed by NVIDIA.

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