Model Comparison

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B vs Nemotron Nano 9B v2

Nemotron Nano 9B v2 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

3 benchmarks

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Nemotron Nano 9B v2 is better at 3 benchmarks (GPQA, LiveCodeBench, MATH-500).

Nemotron Nano 9B v2 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 32B
Input tokens$0.12
Output tokens$0.18
Best providerDeepinfra
NVIDIA
Nemotron Nano 9B v2
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

23.9B diff

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B has 23.9B more parameters than Nemotron Nano 9B v2, making it 268.5% larger.

DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
32.8Bparameters
NVIDIA
Nemotron Nano 9B v2
8.9Bparameters
32.8B
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
8.9B
Nemotron Nano 9B v2

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
NVIDIA
Nemotron Nano 9B v2
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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License

Usage and distribution terms

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B is licensed under MIT, while Nemotron Nano 9B v2 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 32B

MIT

Open weights

Nemotron Nano 9B v2

NVIDIA Open Model License Agreement

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B was released on 2025-01-20, while Nemotron Nano 9B v2 was released on 2025-08-18.

Nemotron Nano 9B v2 is 7 months newer than DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B

Jan 20, 2025

1.2 years ago

Nemotron Nano 9B v2

Aug 18, 2025

8 months ago

7mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Nemotron Nano 9B v2 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-09-01, while DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Nemotron Nano 9B v2's training data extends to 2024-09-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B's cutoff date.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B

Nemotron Nano 9B v2

Sep 2024

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Larger context window (128,000 tokens)
Higher GPQA score (64.0% vs 62.1%)
Higher LiveCodeBench score (71.1% vs 57.2%)
Higher MATH-500 score (97.8% vs 94.3%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
NVIDIA
Nemotron Nano 9B v2

FAQ

Common questions about DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B vs Nemotron Nano 9B v2

Nemotron Nano 9B v2 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B is made by DeepSeek and Nemotron Nano 9B v2 is made by NVIDIA. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B scores MATH-500: 94.3%, AIME 2024: 83.3%, GPQA: 62.1%, LiveCodeBench: 57.2%. Nemotron Nano 9B v2 scores MATH-500: 97.8%, IFEval: 90.3%, AIME 2025: 72.1%, LiveCodeBench: 71.1%, BFCL_v3_MultiTurn: 66.9%.
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B supports 128K tokens and Nemotron Nano 9B v2 supports an unknown number of 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 32B is developed by DeepSeek and Nemotron Nano 9B v2 is developed by NVIDIA.