Model Comparison

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B vs Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)

Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) is better at 1 benchmark (GPQA).

Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
NVIDIA
Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)
Input tokens$0.06
Output tokens$0.24
Best providerDeepinfra
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

30.2B diff

Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) has 30.2B more parameters than DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B, making it 1697.8% larger.

DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B
1.8Bparameters
NVIDIA
Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)
32.0Bparameters
1.8B
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B
32.0B
Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) specifies input context (262,144 tokens). Only Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) specifies output context (262,144 tokens).

DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
NVIDIA
Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)
Input262,144 tokens
Output262,144 tokens
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License

Usage and distribution terms

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B is licensed under MIT, while Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) uses NVIDIA Open Model License Agreement .

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

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

MIT

Open weights

Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)

NVIDIA Open Model License Agreement

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B was released on 2025-01-20, while Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) was released on 2025-12-15.

Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) is 11 months newer than DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

Jan 20, 2025

1.2 years ago

Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)

Dec 15, 2025

4 months ago

10mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-11-28, while DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)'s training data extends to 2025-11-28, but cannot make a direct comparison without DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B's cutoff date.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

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Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)

Nov 2025

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

DeepSeek
NVIDIA
Larger context window (262,144 tokens)
Higher GPQA score (75.0% vs 33.8%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B
NVIDIA
Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)

FAQ

Common questions about DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B vs Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B)

Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B is made by DeepSeek and Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) is made by NVIDIA. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B scores MATH-500: 83.9%, AIME 2024: 52.7%, GPQA: 33.8%, LiveCodeBench: 16.9%. Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) scores AIME 2025: 99.2%, WMT24++: 86.2%, MMLU-Pro: 78.3%, GPQA: 75.0%, LiveCodeBench v6: 68.3%.
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B supports an unknown number of tokens and Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) supports 262K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include licensing (MIT vs NVIDIA Open Model License Agreement ). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B is developed by DeepSeek and Nemotron 3 Nano (30B A3B) is developed by NVIDIA.